D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 4234

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 4234 - PROGRAM SERVICES: HOMEMAKER SERVICES

4234.1

Homemaker services shall only be provided in cases where neither the beneficiary nor anyone else in the household (i.e., an unpaid family caregiver) is able to provide or deliver the service.

4234.2

Homemaker staff may perform the following tasks when providing homemaker services:

(a) Food preparation and storage;

(b) General household cleaning such as:

(1) Cleaning bathrooms;

(2) Vacuuming;

(3) Dusting;

(4) Mopping floors;

(5) Sweeping floors;

(6) Bed making;

(7) Linen changing;

(8) Wiping appliances;

(9) Washing dishes;

(10) Doing laundry and ironing clothes; and

(c) Running errands necessary to maintain the beneficiary in the home (for example, shopping for food or essentials needed to clean the home; picking up medicine or mailing payments for utilities).

4234.3

Food preparation and storage shall consist of any tasks to promote maintaining a tidy kitchen including overseeing the proper storage of any groceries by ensuring that all perishable foods are stored in the freezer or fridge.

4234.4

A unit of service for homemaker services shall be one (1) hour spent performing the allowable task(s).

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 4234

Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6787 (7/21/2017)