Personal Care Service Tasks 535-05-20

(NEW 7/1/07 ML #3088)

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An individual who is eligible for personal care service may receive assistance with the tasks identified in this section when supported by a documented need identified through a needs assessment and authorized by a case manager. Reasons for the need to receive personal care services because of an inability of a spouse or parent of a minor child to perform the service must be documented in the needs assessment and the personal care services must be authorized by a case manager.

 

The following activities and tasks, as defined on SFN 663, may be authorized to be performed by a personal care service provider:

  1. Bathing
  2. Dressing/Undressing
  3. Feeding
  4. Toileting
  5. Continence/Incontinence Care
  6. Transferring, Turning, Positioning
  7. Mobility
  8. Meal Preparation
  9. Housework
  10. Laundry
  11. Shopping
  12. Medication Assistance
  13. Eye Care
  14. Nail Care
  15. Skin Care
  16. Hair Care
  17. Teeth, Mouth, Denture Care
  18. Money Management
  19. Communication
  20. Exercises
  21. Indwelling Bladder Catheter Care
  22. Medical gases assistance
  23. Suppository assistance
  24. Temperature, Blood Pressure, Pulse, Respiration Rate
  25. Prosthesis/Orthotics assistance
  26. Hoyer Lift/Mechanized Bath Chairs assistance
  27. Ted Socks assistance
  28. Ostomy Care
  29. Postural/Bronchial Drainage
  30. Jobst Stockings assistance
  31. Ric Bed Care (Speciality Bed)