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The Handbook of Elder Care Resources
for the Federal Workplace
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Practical Tips for Elder Care (Page 3 of 3)
Selecting a Home Health Care Agency
Use this checklist when selecting a home health care.
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I. Services
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Physical Therapy |
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Speech Therapy |
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Occupational Therapy |
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Social Work |
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Personal Care
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Chore Services
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II. Staffing
Number of Supervisors: |
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Number of Registered Nurses (RN's): |
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Number of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN's): |
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Number of Home Health Aides: |
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Is certification required for aides? |
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Number of training hours for aides: |
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Number of required in-service training hours: |
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Average length of employment for aides: |
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How often is a supervisory visit made to the home? |
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How are cases supervised by the director of nursing? |
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III. General
State licensed (if required by
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Medicare/Medicaid certified? |
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Written job description for each
position? |
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List of Board of Directors or Advisory
Committee available? |
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Geographic area served: |
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IV. Evaluation
1. How comfortable was your parent
or older person with the staff who came to the home? |
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2. How informed were you of the treatment
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3. How informed were you of the progress? |
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4. How well were your questions answered? |
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5. How well were scheduled visits
kept? |
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6. How well do you feel your parent
or older person's physical needs were met? |
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7. How willing was the staff to speak
with you about your parent or older person's care? |
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8. Overall, would you want to call upon
this agency again should the need arise?
_____ yes, definitely
_____ possibly _____ definitely not
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