Home and Community Based Services Manual
Task Chart
| Task | *Basic Personal Care | *Advanced Personal Care | Nursing Level of Care Tasks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual Assistance with self-administration of non-injectable medications | Physical assistance only-Opening medicine planner or bottles and guiding/steadying participant’s hand for oral medication and inhalants, oxygen and equipment – adding distilled water, changing tubing and cleaning equipment/ filter | Prompting participant, opening lockbox and guiding/steadying participant’s hand for ear and eye drops, steady hand for pin-prick blood sugar monitor/PT INR and read levels | Filling the medicine planner/ administration of injectable medications, filling insulin syringes, administering blood sugar check or PT INR check finger prick tests |
| Catheter Hygiene | N/A | Emptying and changing the bag, cleaning (soap and water around catheter site) for indwelling or suprapubic catheters, removal/replacement of external (condom/Texas, etc.) catheters only | Catheter change of indwelling or suprapubic catheters. |
| Bowel Program | N/A | Enemas (prepackaged), sphincter stimulation, suppository administration for participants w/o contraindicating rectal or intestinal condition, Malone Antegrade Continence Enema (MACE) for well healed stomas | Administration of all other enemas, removal of fecal matter digitally |
| Central Line Care | N/A | N/A | Flushing lines, dressings, blood draws |
| Ostomy Care-tracheostomies, gastrostomies and colostomies | N/A | Changing bags and/or wafer, and soap and water hygiene around a well healed ostomy site | Insertion of treatments or medications |
| Medicated lotion/ointment application | Application of nonprescription topical ointments or lotions | Application of prescription lotions, ointments and powders and/or dry aseptic dressings to unbroken skin (Stage I only) | Application of aseptic dressings to Stage II and above |
| Application of compression dressings/stockings | Application of Class I stockings/dressings | Lymphedema wraps and sleeves, and Class II dressings/stockings placement and removal of physician ordered orthotics. | Compression dressings/stockings higher than a Class II |
| Mobility/Transfer assistance | Assist with transfer/ ambulation when participant able to bear most of their own weight, gait belt for mobility assistance | Use of assistive devices for transfer (participant able to bear little to no weight), including mechanical/Hoyer, sit-to-stand, slide board, sling, Barton chair, trapeze, gait belts and pivot discs | N/A |
| Passive Range of Motion (PROM) | N/A | With physicians order, flexion of joint within normal range | N/A |
| Bathing | Assist with bathing including shampooing of hair | N/A | N/A |
| Toileting / Continence | Assist in transporting to/from restroom, changing of bed linens | N/A | N/A |
| Dietary | Assist with meal prep/ clean up, and eating/ feeding, including participants requiring softened, pureed, liquid, or prep with a thickening agent for their diet | N/A | Tube feeding |
| Dressing / Grooming | Assistance in dressing/ undressing, combing hair, nail care, oral hygiene/ denture care, shaving, application of Class I compression stockings | N/A | Nail care for participants who are diabetic, prescribed anticoagulants, diagnosed with peripheral vascular disease or with a compromised immune system |
| Medically Related Household Tasks: Homemaker Services | Cleaning kitchen, bath, living areas, changing linens, laundry (home/off site), iron/mend, washing windows and blinds, trash, shopping/errands, essential correspondence | N/A | N/A |
*CDS may complete all Basic Personal Care and Advanced Personal Care tasks