Scope of Home Care

Assistance with bathing/dressing/grooming.
Assistance with toileting needs and routine care of an incontinent recipient.
Assistance with transferring and positioning non-ambulatory recipients from one stationary position to another, including adjusting/changing recipient’s position in a bed or chair
Assistance with ambulation, which is the process of moving between locations, including walking or helping the recipient to walk with support of a wheelchair, walker, cane or crutches, assisting a recipient out of bed, chair or wheelchair.
Assistance with eating, including cutting up food. Specialized feeding techniques may not be used.
Assistance with medications which are self-administered, including verbal reminders to the recipient to take medications, bringing medication to the recipient and loosening the cap to the medication container. Medication administration by In-Home Caregiver is not permitted.

Meal preparation: menu planning, storing, preparing, serving of food, cutting up food, buttering bread and plating food.
Laundry services: washing, drying and folding the recipient’s personal laundry and linens (sheets, towels, etc.) excludes ironing.
Light housekeeping: changing the recipient’s bed linens, dusting, vacuuming the recipient’s living area, cleaning kitchen and bathroom areas;
Essential shopping to obtain: prescribed drugs, medical supplies, groceries, and other household items required specifically for the health and maintenance of the Recipient.
Assisting the recipient and family members or caregivers in learning homemaker routine and skills, so the recipient may carry on normal living when the homemaker is not present.

Provides non-medical care, supervision and socialization to a functionally impaired recipient in his or her home or place of residence, which may provide temporary relief for the primary caregiver.
Companions may assist the recipient with such tasks as meal preparation and clean up, light housekeeping, shopping and facilitate transportation/escort as needed. These services are provided as an adjunct to Companion Services and must be incidental to the care and supervision of the recipient.
The provision of Companion Services does not entail hands-on medical care.