Home Health Aide and Hospice Aide Services, Training and Supervisory Visits
Sets out who may give home care services as a home health aide or hospice aide for the Agency, the selection factors and nine training topics Ohio requires, the federal 75-hour training, competency evaluation and 12-hour in-service rules, the RN's written care instructions, the RN supervisory visit at least every two weeks under OAC 3701-19-16(F) and every 14 days under 42 CFR §418.76(h), the annual observation of each aide, and homemaker services.
About this policy
- Policy number
- OH-HSP-AIDE-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- OAC 3701-19-16
- Library
- Ohio hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 27
In short
- Before your first visit you must be listed in good standing on the Ohio nurse aide registry and pass the Agency's skills check.
- Follow the RN's written care instructions for each patient. Do only the tasks listed and never give injections or change medicine doses.
- Report changes in the patient to the nurse. Call before you leave the home if there is new pain, a fall, breathing trouble or missing medicine.
- An RN visits each patient you care for at least every 14 days to check the care, whether or not you are there.
- Complete at least 12 hours of in-service training every 12 months. An RN will also watch you give care once a year.
What's inside
27 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (OAC 3701-19-16; 42 CFR §418.76)
- 5. Who May Work as an Aide
- 6. Training
- 6.1 Topics Ohio requires
- 6.2 Federal training program
- 7. Competency Evaluation
- 8. In-Service Training
- 9. Assignment, Written Instructions and Duties
- 10. Supervision of Aides
- 10.1 Supervisory visit at least every 14 days
- 10.2 When there is a concern
- 10.3 Annual on-site observation
- 10.4 What the supervising RN assesses
- 11. Homemakers
- 12. Medicaid Personal Care Services
- 13. Limitations Explained to Patients
- 14. Responsibilities
- 15. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 16. Staff Training
- 17. References
- 18. Related Policies and Forms
- 19. Approval
- 20. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the written care instructions for this aide and this patient. Who prepared them, and do they match the plan of care?
- Show me the supervisory visits for this patient for the last two months. Were they made at least every 14 days?
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