State of Florida Guidelines
Home Health Aides, Certified Nursing Assistants and Personal Care Assistants are designated to work within a home environment providing hands-on personal care assistance.
Live-in Caregivers are HHA’s, CNA’s and PCA’s who work and live in the home. These Caregivers cannot administer medications of any kind, although they can remind the patient / client to take medications.
This level of care provides:
- Assistance with bathing.
- Assistance with personal care (oral, hair etc).
- Assistance with toileting and / or incontinence care.
- Assistance with dressing / undressing.
- Preparation of meals.
- Assistance with feeding.
- Changing bed linens.
- Performing light housekeeping (including laundry, dusting, general cleaning)
- Running errands (shopping, outings, doctors appointment’s)
- Medication reminders
State of Florida Law requires CNA’s to hold a current license and CPR card.
State of Florida Law requires HHA’s to hold a current CPR card and have certification passing a competency test covering a wide range of areas:
Communication; documentation of patient status and care provided; reading and recording vital signs; basic infection control procedures; basic bodily functions; maintenance of a health environment; emergency procedures; physical, emotional and developmental characteristics of patients/clients; personal hygiene and grooming; safe transfer techniques; normal range of motion and positioning; and basic nutrition.
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