Home Health Aide Assignment, Duties, and Supervision
Sets out how home health aides are assigned to a patient by a registered nurse with written instructions, which duties they may perform under 28 Pa. Code §601.35(b), and how they are supervised: an in-person RN (or therapist) supervisory visit to the patient’s residence at least every 2 weeks for every aide patient under §601.35(c), plus the federal on-site observations of each aide and retraining after deficiencies.
About this policy
- Policy number
- PA-HH-AID-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 28 Pa. Code §601.35
- Library
- Pennsylvania home health · 56 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 20
In short
- A registered nurse assigns you to each patient and gives you written instructions. Do only the tasks written there.
- You may help patients take their own medicines (remind, open, hand them), but never give injections or fill pill boxes.
- An RN or therapist visits your patient’s home at least every 2 weeks to check the care, sometimes while you are there.
- Report any change in the patient the same day; in an emergency call 911 first.
- If a patient or family asks you to do a task not on your care plan, say no politely and tell the RN.
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 (28 Pa. Code §601.35)
- 5. Assignment and the Aide Care Plan
- 6. What Aides Do and Do Not Do
- 7. Reporting Changes in the Patient’s Condition
- 8. The 2-Week Supervisory Visit (Every Aide Patient)
- 9. Observing Each Aide at Work
- 10. Content of a Supervisory Visit
- 11. Deficiencies and Retraining
- 12. Aides Provided Under Arrangement
- 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 the written instructions for this aide. Who prepared them?
- When was the last supervisory visit for this aide patient? And the one before?
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