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Lysharn Davis - Homemaker Supervisor

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When available, services will be provided in the client’s place of residence. Services shall not be provided in a nursing home, personal care home or other setting where the provision of this service is included in the cost of care.

Service activities include planned and routine provision of:

Housekeeping and home management activities:

 

· cleaning, including vacuuming, sweeping, mopping; cleaning bathroom fixtures; dusting.

· laundry, including folding and storing clothing and linens;

· ironing and mending clothes and linens;

· washing, drying, and storing dishes and utensils;

· bagging and placing garbage in collection containers;

· making beds and changing linens (only while client is out of bed);

· shopping for household essentials, including assisting clients with economical purchasing, consistent with their budgets;

· assisting client in organizing household routines;

· performing necessary reading and writing tasks, if requested and indicated by client’s inability to read due to physical/visual impairment or other inability to read and write;

· performing essential errands (obtaining food stamps, picking up prescriptions, posting mail, etc.)

 

Meal preparation:

 

· assisting in planning meals/menus that are appropriate for the older person’s needs and are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans;

· preparing and serving meals; and

· using sanitary practices for handling, preparing and storing food.

 

Escort assistance:

· accompanying a client on trips to obtain health care services and other necessary items and services.

 

Client education:

· instructing clients in ways to become self-sufficient in performing household tasks, when appropriate and beneficial.

Eligible individuals meet the following criteria:

1 are age 60 and over; and

2 have a physical or mental disability or disorder which restricts his/her ability to perform basic activities of daily living and/or instrumental activities of daily living, or which threatens his/her capacity to live independently; and

3 do not have sufficient access to persons who are able and/or willing to assist with or perform needed basic and instrumental activities of daily living or provide adequate support to enable the individual to continue to live independently.

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