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Medication Reminders and Assistance with Self-Administration

Defines the only medication help the Agency's workers give: spoken reminders by any worker, and assistance with self-administration by in-home aides for a client the registered nurse has found able to direct his or her own medications. Sets the steps, what workers never do, how refusals, errors and reactions are reported, and confirms that the Agency does not administer medications.

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About this policy
Policy number
NC-HC-SVC-04
Version
1.0
Main rule
10A NCAC 13J .1107(c)(3)
Library
North Carolina home care · 50 policies
Category
Clinical tasks
Sections
20

In short

  • Aides may help clients take their own medications, but never give medications.
  • Companions and sitters give spoken reminders only.
  • Use only the steps you were taught: remind, bring the container, read the label with the client, open it if asked.
  • Never fill pill organizers, crush pills, give drops, inhalers, creams or injections, or decide on a dose.
  • Record every dose, and tell the registered nurse the same day about refusals, mistakes or reactions.

What's inside

20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (10A NCAC 13J .1107(c)(3))
  • 5. The Agency Does Not Administer Medications
  • 6. Who May Do What
  • 7. Before an Aide Assists
  • 8. Steps for Assistance with Self-Administration
  • 9. What Workers Never Do
  • 10. Refusals, Errors and Reactions
  • 11. Storage and Safety
  • 12. NC Medicaid Personal Care Services
  • 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

  • Do your aides administer medications? What exactly do they do?
  • Show me how the registered nurse decided this client can self-administer with assistance.

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