Advanced Personal Care and Advanced Respite
If the Agency provides advanced personal care (APC) or advanced respite, this policy sets the conditions: an APC addendum to the Title XIX personal care agreement and an MMAC contract that includes APC; the ability to provide authorized nurse visits; qualified aides certified in each task; an APC care plan developed by the Agency's registered nurse with DSDS and approved by the participant's physician; the nine APC tasks and their limits; a nurse visit every month; an RN evaluation at intervals of no more than six months; referral when complications arise; and 21 days' written notice before discharge.
- Policy number
- MO-HC-SVC-04
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 13 CSR 70-91.010(5)
- Library
- Missouri home care · 50 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 20
In short
- Only certified APC aides do advanced personal care, and only tasks on the care plan.
- Never do an APC task you have not been observed and certified in by the nurse.
- Stop and call the nurse at once if a stoma, catheter or skin looks wrong, or the participant has pain or fever.
- A nurse visits every APC participant each month, and the RN evaluates at least every six months.
- The RN can be reached by phone at (573) 555-0113 whenever APC is being given.
What's inside
20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (13 CSR 70-91.010(5))
- 5. Before APC Begins
- 6. Advanced Personal Care Tasks
- 7. Advanced Personal Care Aides
- 8. Nurse Supervision of APC
- 9. When the Participant's Condition Changes
- 10. Advanced Respite
- 11. Discharging an APC Participant
- 12. APC Records
- 13. Responsibilities
- 14. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 15. Staff Training
- 16. References
- 17. Related Policies and Forms
- 18. Approval
- 19. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me this participant's APC care plan, who developed it, and the physician's approval.
- Where is the RN's most recent on-site evaluation, and when was the one before it?
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