Complex Care Tasks and Higher-Level Community Living Supports Tasks
Sets out which complex care tasks (Home Help) and higher-level community living supports tasks (MI Choice) Sample Agency, LLC accepts, the three tiers the Agency uses (accepted with client-specific training, accepted only with governing body approval and registered nurse delegation, never accepted), and the steps that must be complete before a worker performs any such task: written client-specific instructions, review by the supervising nurse, training, a supervised return demonstration recorded on Form MI-HC-SVC-03-A, and ongoing supervision and re-checks.
- Policy number
- MI-HC-SVC-03
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- MPM Home Help §2.3
- Library
- Michigan home care · 50 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 19
In short
- Never do a complex care task (catheter, ostomy, feeding tube, wound care) until you are trained for that client.
- The supervising nurse must check your return demonstration and sign the training record.
- Follow the written instructions exactly; if anything is different, stop and call.
- Some tasks, like injections, need written approval and nurse delegation first.
- We never do tasks such as tracheal suctioning, ventilator changes or IV lines.
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 Home Help §2.3)
- 5. Complex Care Tasks Named in the Home Help Chapter
- 6. Higher-Level Tasks for MI Choice Participants
- 7. Which Tasks the Agency Accepts
- 8. Before a Worker Performs a Complex Care Task
- 9. Registered Nurse Delegation
- 10. Performing and Recording the Task
- 11. Supervision and Re-Checking Competence
- 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
- Which complex care tasks does your agency accept, and who decided that?
- Show me the instructions and the training record for the worker who empties this participant's catheter bag.
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