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What
are the services of the Certified Nursing Assistant?
Are Personal Care nursing assistants allowed
to give shots and medications?
Do your services include taking clients to a
medical appointment?
What are the services of the Skilled Nursing
Staff?
Will you perform a home safety check to ensure
there are no obstacles that might injure the client?
Do you provide home health care medical products?
Does Personal Care provide Geriatric Care Management?
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Answers:
Services of Personal Care
Q:
What are the services of the Certified Nursing Assistant?
A: Among the many services the nursing assistant performs are assisting
with grooming and hygiene; monitoring vital signs and medication;
assisting with proper body movement and daily exercise; assisting
to appointments; providing security to assure safety and well being;
seeking the right help in emergencies; preparing meals; and performing
the day-to-day cleaning and laundry. The Care Plan developed by
the Registered Nurse will address the specific needs of your family
member.
Q:
Are Personal Care nursing assistants allowed to give shots and medications?
A: A nursing assistant cannot give shots or set up medication. However,
an RN or LPN is licensed to set up a medication schedule that the
nursing assistant can follow. Our RNs and LPNs are available to
administer shots.
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Q:
Do your services include taking clients to a medical appointment?
A: We assist our clients when they go to the doctor. Because of
insurance regulations our employees are not allowed to drive a client
in the employee’s car. When a client
has given permission for the caregiver to drive his/her car, the
caregiver can drive the client’s car
to appointments. Should the client not have a car, the caregiver
and the client will go in a taxi.
Going to appointments in a taxi has many advantages. One advantage
is that the driver will take the person directly to the door and
leave the client and the caregiver at the door to the office building.
This eliminates the challenge of parking and either leaving a client
unattended at a curbside or negotiating a wheelchair from the parking
lot to the doctor’s office. Should
a client be confused, it is safer for the client and the caregiver
if someone else is driving and the caregiver can devote full attention
to the client.
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Q:
What are the services of the Skilled Nursing staff?
A: Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses provide similar
services to those that are offered in the hospital. Doctor’s orders
are required for skilled nursing shifts. RNs or LPNs can assess
blood pressure, pulse and respiratory status; monitor medication
regime and administer medication and injections; monitor nutrition
and hydration; monitor bowel and bladder functions; monitor Diabetic
needs (check glucose levels and administer insulin); perform dressing
changes for wound care; perform catheter, colostomy and ileostomy
care; draw blood; perform tube feedings; administer IV and antibiotics
therapy.
Q:
Will you perform a home safety check to ensure there are no obstacles
that might injure the client?
A: A home check to ensure safety is included in the care plan. In
addition, you may print our Home
Safety Tips checklist.
Q:
Do you provide home health care medical products?
A: Personal Care recommends that families work with the medical
supply company closest to their home. Should this not be available,
there are a number of medical supply stores and pharmacies that
we recommend. Rental or purchase is based on individual preference
and may be reimbursable through Medicare.
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Q:
Does Personal Care provide Geriatric Care Management?
A: We have been providing Geriatric Care Management for many years.
Personal Care performs the day-to-day tasks that are often too demanding
for the busy people who are charged with the task of caring for
an older adult. We work daily with family members, senior living
administrators, nursing directors, trust officers, physicians, social
workers, and other professionals who care for the elderly.
A Registered Nurse meets with your family member and you to identify
the needs and to develop a plan to appropriately address the needs.
Through this extensive interview process, the client’s needs are
identified and a plan of care is developed to appropriately address
the specific psychosocial needs. Further, the Care Manager will
identify and coordinate community resources and support groups.
Other services of Care Management include providing significant
others (family, guardian, institution) information about the client’s
condition and the cycle of probable events. The Care Manager can
also make recommendations regarding a variety of long-term-care
facilities. Practical matters like grocery shopping and medication
pick-up and delivery are available as well.
Personal Care holds membership in the Atlanta Chapter of the National
Gerontological Nursing Corporation, Inc., and the National
Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.
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