Personal Care, Safe Transfers, and Falls Prevention
Sets out how aides give basic personal care, incontinence care, and help with transfers, walking and prescribed exercise with dignity and safety, how the registered nurse identifies fall risks and writes safety measures into the service plan, and what staff do when a client falls.
About this policy
- Policy number
- DC-HC-SVC-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 22-B DCMR §9918.4(a)
- Library
- Washington, DC home care · 50 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 19
In short
- Give care with privacy and dignity, and let the client choose and do what he or she can.
- Use only the transfer method and equipment in the service plan; never lift a client alone.
- Test bath water first, and report any skin redness, sores or bruises to the nurse the same day.
- Keep walkways clear and the phone or call device within the client's reach at every visit.
- If a client falls, do not lift the client alone, call 911 if hurt or unsure, and tell the nurse at once.
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 (22-B DCMR §9918.4(a))
- 5. Dignity, Privacy and the Client's Choices
- 6. Bathing, Grooming, Dressing and Toileting
- 7. Incontinence Care
- 8. Transfers, Walking and Exercise
- 9. Preventing Falls
- 10. When a Client Falls
- 11. Equipment
- 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 where this client's service plan states the functional limitations, activities permitted and safety measures (22-B DCMR §9913.3(c) to (e)).
- How does an aide know how to transfer this client, and how many staff are needed?
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