A Personal Care Aide (PCA) is being placed in your home to assist with activities of daily living. You are encouraged to participate with the RN in the development of your Plan of Care. We hope to be able to assign the same PCA for each visit, but this may not be possible. Should any problems occur, please feel free to discuss them with us when she makes a visit. Immediate problems should be called to the HCC Personal Care office coordinating your care.
If a patient requires supervision, a family member or other caregiver must be present when the PCA arrives and leaves so that the patient is not alone.
Below is a list of Do’s and Don’ts for the PCA. We appreciate your cooperation.
The PCA may perform the following activities:
- Help patients with bathing, care of mouth, skin and hair.
- Help patients in toileting.
- Assist patients with transferring and ambulating.
- Help patients with prescribed exercises when the patient and PCA have been taught by a health care professional.
- Perform household services essential to the patients’ health (e.g. washing the patients clothing and bed linens).
- Report to the agency RN changes in the patient’s condition or family situation.
- Assist with oral medications that are normally self administered.
- Take vital signs.
- Assist with meal preparation and feeding as necessary.
PCAs may not do the following under any circumstances
- Transport patients and/or family members in either the nurse aides or patient’s care.
- Heavy housekeeping or housekeeping for other family members.
- Sell food or craft items.
- Accept gifts, money or clothing.
- Give telephone number or address to family.
- Cut fingernails or toenails or hair.
- Wound Care, range of motion exercises, bowel and bladder care, blood sugars, enemas, or suppositories.
- Wound Care, range of motion exercises, bowel and bladder care, blood sugars, enemas, or suppositories.
According to HCC Personal Care, Inc policies, personal care assistants are not required to have CPR certification. Personal care assistants are instructed to call 911 in an emergency.
According to HCC Personal Care, Inc policies and procedures, employees are not permitted to transport patients in any vehicle.
In the event that the employee and patient or responsible party violate this policy, the following statement will apply:
Should Patient, Responsible Party, or any other representative of Patient request that a HCC Personal Care, Inc staff member or employee use either the Patient or Responsible Party’s vehicle in conjunction with providing services, I realize that HCC Personal Care, Inc does not maintain any insurance coverage or recognize any liability for any claims arising out of the use of said vehicle in conjunction with providing services to patient. Accordingly, as a condition of HCC Personal Care, Inc providing services, I agree to release, hold harmless, and indemnify HCC Personal Care, Inc and any of its personnel for any and all liability or claims for personal injury, death, property or other damage or any other claims arising out of the use of said vehicle in conjunction with providing services to Patient.
