Survey date 2022-04-20 - complaint
PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS (1) Every licensed facility shall comply with all applicable standards and rules of the agency and shall: (w) Be allowed to employ personal care attendants as defined in s. 400.211(2)(d), if such personal care attendants are participating in the personal care attendant training program developed by the agency, in accordance with 42 C.F.R. ss. 483.151-483.154, in consultation with the Board of Nursing. 1. The personal care attendant program must consist of a minimum of 16 hours of education and must include all of the topics and lessons specified in the program curriculum. 2. The program curriculum must include, but need not be limited to, training in all of the following content areas: a. Residents' rights. b. Confidentiality of residents' personal information and medical records. c. Control of contagious and infectious diseases. d. Emergency response measures. e. Assistance with activities of daily living. f. Measuring vital signs. g. Skin care and pressure sores prevention. h. Portable oxygen use and safety. i. Nutrition and hydration. j. Dementia care. 3. A personal care attendant must complete the 16 hours of required education before having any direct contact with a resident. 4. A personal care attendant may not perform any task that requires clinical assessment, interpretation, or judgment. 5. An individual employed as a personal care attendant under s. 400.211(2)(d) must work exclusively for one nursing facility before becoming a certified nursing assistant. The agency shall adopt rules necessary to implement this paragraph. If the state of emergency declared by the Governor pursuant to Executive Order No. 20-52 is terminated before the agency adopts rules to implement this paragraph, the agency shall authorize the continuation of the personal care attendant program until the agency adopts such rules.
No actual harm with a potential for minimal harm. The least severe class of CMS finding.
Corrected on 2022-05-18.