General Information
for Our clients
The following is a general description of what the aide
is and is not permitted to do.
Personal care
• The aide may do bathing, skin care, shampoo, oral
hygiene and assist with dressing. Fingernails
and
toenails may be trimmed except for clients
with diabetes, on coumadin therapy, or with poor
circulation
and at the discretion of the Registered Nurse.
• Aides may assist with ambulation, transfers and changes
in position.
• Aides may assist with toileting, use of bed pans
and urinals.
• The aides shall report any changes in the client's condition
to the Registered Nurse.
Household Services - Essential to
health care in the home
• The aide may change bed linens, do vacuuming/ sweeping
and
dusting of the client's immediate
environment.
• Cleaning of the bathroom includes cleaning of the
bath tub/sink
prior to and after client
use. The floor may be mopped only if it
becomes wet.
• Cleaning of the kitchen shall include washing dishes
used
by the aide to fix meals for the client and dry
mopping the
floor. Aides do not scrub floors, wash
windows or use chemicals
for cleaning purposes
Meals
• The Aide may plan and prepare or assist with meals
Errands
• The aide may use their own car to run short errands,
such as to obtain a few groceries or pick
up
prescriptions at the drug store. You will be
charged $.38 cents per mile for
mileage to and from the place
of business. The aide will
complete a mileage slip documenting the number of miles
driven and the places/
businesses where they have visited.
Check the mileage slip for accuracy and
then sign the slip
confirming total amount of miles driven.
You want to set up an account with
the grocery or drug store
and have the store
bill you for the items the aide purchases
for you or you may give the aide enough
cash to cover the
expense of the items. Always check the purchases with the
receipt and if
you give
cash count your change.
Do not give the aide a check. Aides are not permitted to
cash checks or
do your banking.
Assist with Medication
• The aide may assist you with medication which is ordinarily
self administered
Other Information
• The aid is not permitted to eat your food. They will bring
their own food and drink.
• The aide is not permitted to smoke while working.
• Send your payment by mail. Do not give your check to
the aide.
• Check the time slip which the aide completes at
the end of the visit. The "time in" and "time
out"
documentation
is the time for which you will be billed and is also the
time for which the aide will be
paid.
Both you and the aide must then sign this slip. If
the client is unable
to sign, the responsible party must
sign the check. If
the responsible party is not available,
the aide will contact the Registered Nurse.
•
Phone our agency
for any change in your schedule. If you are not home and
you failed to cancel
your
visit time and the aide comes to your home, you will be
billed for one hour
of service.
• The Registered Nurse will visit the client's home
to assess the client/family relationship with
the aide and
assess the care given by the aide. There is
no charge for this visit.
Visits may be made more frequently
because of changes
in the client's condition, changes in the support /caregiver,
changes in the
environment and/or client concerns. A client
wanting weekly Registered Nurse visits
to set up medications
will be charged a skilled nurse fee.
• If there are other services you are wanting, notify
the Registered Nurse and new arrangements
may be
worked out.
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