Care Planning Within Authorized Services
Sets out how the Agency turns each client's authorization into a written care plan and task list that workers follow on every visit, without ever adding tasks or time the program did not authorize. The adult services worker (Home Help) and the waiver agency (MI Choice) assess need and set the services; the Agency plans how the authorized tasks are done, with the client's preferences, safety precautions and contacts. For private-pay clients the Agency builds the plan with the client. It covers Home Help noncovered services and IADL limits, community living supports tasks that need registered nurse supervision, review and updating, and how changes are requested.
- Policy number
- MI-HC-SP-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- MPM MI Choice Waiver §9.12.A
- Library
- Michigan home care · 50 policies
- Category
- Service delivery
- Sections
- 19
In short
- Read the care plan before your first visit with a client.
- Do only the tasks on the care plan, the way the client wants them done.
- If the client asks for something not on the plan, say no politely and call the office.
- Home Help does not pay for supervising, reminding or encouraging, for help to other people in the home, or for transportation other than shopping and laundry trips.
- Tell the office when the plan no longer fits the client's needs.
What's inside
19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (MPM MI Choice Waiver §9.12.A)
- 5. Who Decides What Services the Client Receives
- 6. Building the Care Plan
- 7. Staying Within the Authorization
- 8. Tasks Home Help Does Not Cover
- 9. When the Client Asks for Something Not on the Plan
- 10. Reviewing and Updating the Care Plan
- 11. Making Sure Workers Know the Plan
- 12. Responsibilities
- 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 14. Staff Training
- 15. References
- 16. Related Policies and Forms
- 17. Approval
- 18. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me this client's care plan next to the provider Time and Task (or the work order). Are there any tasks on the plan that are not authorized?
- The client asks the caregiver to drive her to the bank. What happens?
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