Personal Care

Personalcare Services

We provide Personal care services to clients who have experienced a loss in their ability to perform the activities of daily living, to remain in a safe, clean and healthy home environment. Activities of daily living refer to activities including bathing, dressing, transferring, using the toilet, eating, walking which reflects client’s capacity for self-care.

Assisting with eating including:

preparing food for clients with eating difficulties by cutting or pureeing.
monitoring food and liquid intake, following special diets, observing eating behavior, monitoring eating safety risks such as swallowing and choking.

Assisting with bathing including:

(i). bed bathing; (ii) Sponge Bathing; (iii) bathing tub; (iv) showering; and (v) perineal care. (vi) using bath equipment, including (vii) tub seat; (viii) hydraulic tub seat; and (ix) hand-held shower wand.

Assisting with tooth care including:

(i) brushing permanent teeth; (ii) flossing; (iii) using rubber pick or, (iv) removing, cleaning, and inserting dentures (e)

Assisting/providing grooming, including:

(i) shaving with an electric or safety razor (ii) beard trimming (iii) applying make-up.

Assisting/providing hair care, including Brushing, shampooing, styling.

Assisting with bowel regularity, including monitoring bowel movements and appearance, following prescribed diets for bowel maintenance, giving suppositories, and giving enemas.

Assisting with self-administered medication, including:

Reminding client to take medications
Placing medication within reach of the client.
Providing water for oral medication
Opening pill bottles or dispensing medications from blister packs, which have been prepared by a pharmacist, storing medications and reassuring the client that medication has been taken.

Assisting/providing basic skin care, including washing and drying, applying non-prescription body lotions or creams, observing skin changes.

Assisting with dressing including putting on support stockings, which do not require a physician’s prescription.

Assisting with nail maintenance including:

Soaking, trimming, pushing back cuticles, filing, except giving nail care to clients with circulatory problems or specific medical conditions such as diabetes and calluses
emptying or changing external urinary collecting devices, including catheter bags and supra-public bags.
encouraging clients to perform normal body movements, as tolerate.
encouraging clients to follow prescribed exercise programs.

Assisting with prosthetics such as applying/removing/cleaning hearing aids and limbs.

Assisting with menstrual care.

Assistance with urinals, bedpans and/or commodes, providing bowel and bladder incontinence care.

Assisting with positioning in bed, wheelchair and other chairs.

Assisting with positioning cradles, rolls and pillows.

Assisting with transferring back and forth from bed, wheelchair, toilet and chair.

Providing colostomy care and emptying ostomy bag; and emptying, cleaning, and changing urinary drainage bags.

Personal care services SHALL NOT include:

Giving nail care to clients with circulatory problems or specific medical conditions such as diabetes and calluses.