Basic Personal Care Tasks
How in-home workers carry out the basic personal care tasks Missouri allows: help with meals and eating, dressing and grooming, bathing and hygiene, toileting and continence, mobility and transfers, self-administered medication, and medically related household tasks. Workers give hands-on help only, follow the care plan, use safe technique and universal precautions, never use transfer devices or do advanced personal care unless certified, and report changes they notice.
About this policy
- Policy number
- MO-HC-SVC-03
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 13 CSR 70-91.010(2)
- Library
- Missouri home care · 50 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 25
In short
- Read the care plan and the emergency sheet before your first visit.
- Give hands-on help only with the tasks on the care plan; let the participant do what he or she can.
- Check water temperature, use gloves, and never lift a participant's full weight.
- Do not cut nails for anyone with diabetes, blood thinners or poor circulation; call the office.
- Report skin changes, falls, choking, new confusion or pain to the office the same visit.
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 (13 CSR 70-91.010(2))
- 5. Before the First Visit
- 6. Basic Personal Care Tasks
- 7. Safe Technique
- 7.1 Bathing and personal hygiene
- 7.2 Dressing, grooming, nails and shaving
- 7.3 Toileting and continence care
- 7.4 Mobility and transfers
- 7.5 Meals, eating and feeding
- 7.6 Skin care and topical products
- 7.7 Medically related household tasks
- 8. What to Watch For and Report
- 9. Tasks Outside the Care Plan
- 10. Documenting Personal Care
- 11. Responsibilities
- 12. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 13. Staff Training
- 14. References
- 15. Related Policies and Forms
- 16. Approval
- 17. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Which personal care tasks may your aides perform, and where are they listed?
- How does an aide know which tasks, and how much time, are authorized for this participant?
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