Personal Care and Home Health Aide Tasks
Sets which personal care and home health aide tasks aides may perform, the conditions for each (training and competency evaluation on the task, a current activity plan, and for Medicaid clients an authorized service), the tasks aides never perform because they are nursing tasks outside a nonmedical license, how aides observe and report changes, and how each aide's approved tasks are recorded on Form OH-HC-SVC-02-A.
About this policy
- Policy number
- OH-HC-SVC-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- ORC 3740.01(H)
- Library
- Ohio home care · 49 policies
- Category
- Service delivery
- Sections
- 19
In short
- Do a task only if it is in the activity plan and you were trained and checked on it.
- Catheter care is allowed, but never insert, remove or flush a catheter.
- Never give injections, do wound care, tube feedings or finger-stick tests, even if the family asks.
- Check bath water temperature first and never leave a client alone in the tub or shower.
- Call your supervisor the same day about new pain, falls, skin changes, refusals or anything unusual.
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 (ORC 3740.01(H))
- 5. Tasks Aides May Perform
- 6. Tasks Aides Never Perform
- 7. Before an Aide Starts a Task
- 8. Performing Tasks at Each Visit
- 9. Observing and Reporting Changes
- 10. When a Client Refuses a Task
- 11. Recording Approved Tasks
- 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 how you know this aide is trained and competency-evaluated on every task in this client's activity plan.
- What does an aide do if a family member asks for catheter insertion, wound care or an injection?
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