Services

Assistance with bathing, showering, or bed bath. Including hair shampooing

Assistance with dressing and undressing

Assistance with toileting needs, which includes helping the patient to and from the bathroom, assistaing the patient with a bed pan or other toileting procedures, and routine care of an incontinent patient, including the use of diapers and protective sheets. Includes changing a colostomy bag and emptyting and maintaining a urinary drainage system.

Assistance with transferring and positioning non-ambulatory patients from one stationary position to another. This includes changing (adjusting patient’s position in a bed or chair).

Assistance with ambulation, which is the process of moving between locations. This includes walking or helping the patient to walk with the support of a bed, chair, or wheelchair.

Assistance with grooming. This includes combing/brushing of the patients hair, shaving face, legs, or underarmsl oral hygiene, including care of dentures; and fingernail care.

Assistance with eating, inclkuding cutting up food. Specialized feed techniques may not be used.

Assistance withy simple physical activity, including taking the patient for a walk or passive, non-prescribed range of motion exercises.

Assistance with medications that are self-administered. This includes verbal reminders to the patient to take medications, bringing medications to the patient, and loosening the cap to the medication container. THE PCA DOES NOT ADMINISTER THE MEDICATION!

Meal preparation: such services include menu planning, storing preparation, and serving of food.

Laundry services; Such services might include washing, drying, and folding the patients personal laundry and linens (sheets, towels, etc.) Excludes ironing.

Light Housekeeping: Services might include changing patients bed linens, dusting, or vacuuming the patients living area.

Essential Shopping: Services might include shopping for prescribed drugs, medical supplies, groceries, and other household items required for the health and maintenance of the patient.

Transporting a recipient in a private car.

Changing scheduled hours or days of service; increasing and/or decreasing time authorized.

Accepting or carrying keys to recipient’s home.

Loaning, borrowing, or accpeint money or personal items from the recipient.

Accepting gifts or gratuities for any reason. A PCA can only accept money as needed for the purchase of groceries or medicines for the recipient.

Making personal long-distance calls from recipient’s house.

Buying alcoholic beverages for the recipient for use in the home, unless prescribed by recipents physician.

Performing housekeeping duties not related to recipients Service Plan of Treatment.

Performing home and outside maintenance. For example, performing lawn care, window washing etc.

Maintenance of pets, except in the case of certified service animals, which will be stipulated in the Service Plan of Treatment.

Changing the Service PLan. If you need any changes, please contact your Agency and we will assist you.

Insertion and sterile irrigation of catheters.

Irrigation or any body cavity. This includes both sterile and non-sterile procedures.

Application of dressing involving prescription medications and aseptic techniques, including treatment of moderate or severe skin problems.

Administration of injections of fluids iunto veins, muscles, or skin.

Administration of medication, including, but not limited to, the insertions of rectal suppositories, the application of prescribed skin lotions or the instillation of prescribed eye drops (as opposed to assisting with self-administered medication).

Physical assessments

Monitoring vital signs.

Specialized range of motion.

Rectal digital stimulation.

Massage.

Specialized feeding techniques.

Clipping of toenails.

Medical case management, such as accompanying a recipient to a physician’s office for the purpose of providing or receiving medical information.

Any task identified in NRS chapter 632 and the regulations adopted by the State Board of Nursing as requiring skilled nursingm, including, without limitation, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) services.