Personal Care Aides (Hospice Aides) and Homemakers
Sets who may work as a personal care aide (hospice aide) in Georgia, the 75-hour training program the Agency may run, the RN competency evaluation before independent care and every year, 12 hours of continuing education a year, written care instructions, RN supervisory visits at least every two weeks (every 14 days for Medicare), what aides may and may not do, and how homemakers are qualified and supervised.
About this policy
- Policy number
- GA-HSP-AIDE-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.18(5)
- Library
- Georgia hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 25
In short
- Follow the written care instructions from your RN. Do only the tasks on them.
- Never give medication, not even liquid morphine. You may remind the patient, bring the bottle, open it and read the label.
- An RN visits the patient at least every 14 days to check your care, and watches you give care at least once a year.
- You need at least 12 hours of continuing education every year.
- Call your RN the same day about any change, fall, injury or caregiver problem. Report suspected abuse at once.
What's inside
25 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.18(5); 42 CFR §418.76)
- 5. Who May Work as an Aide
- 6. The Agency’s Personal Care Aide Training Program
- 7. Competency Evaluation
- 8. Continuing Education
- 9. Assignment and Written Care Instructions
- 10. What Aides Do and Do Not Do
- 11. Reporting by Aides
- 12. Supervision of Aides
- 12.1 Supervisory visit at least every two weeks
- 12.2 When there is a concern
- 12.3 What the supervising nurse assesses
- 13. Homemakers
- 14. Medicaid Personal Care Services
- 15. Responsibilities
- 16. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 17. Staff Training
- 18. References
- 19. Related Policies and Forms
- 20. Approval
- 21. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me how this aide is qualified: certified nursing aide certification, a Medicare-certified home health agency program, or your own program.
- Show me the RN’s initial competency evaluation of this aide before independent care, and this year’s direct observation.
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