N.J. Admin. Code § 10:60-3.3 - Covered personal care assistant services

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1Health-related activities performed by a PCA are limited to: helping/monitoring prescribed exercises the PCA was taught; back rubs if not contraindicated; assisting with self-administrable medications; assisting with special equipment after demonstration by an RN or physical therapist; assisting with simple procedures as an extension of PT/OT/speech-language therapy; and nurse-delegated tasks approved by the supervising RN.(N.J. Admin. Code § 10:60-3.3 - Covered personal care assistant services)
• 2IADL (non-hands-on) services are limited to the enumerated essential tasks (care of beneficiary's room, kitchen, and bathroom; laundry and bed linen; bed-making; furniture rearrangement for mobility; listing/shopping/storing food and supplies; planning/preparing/serving meals including therapeutic diets; relearning household skills).(N.J. Admin. Code § 10:60-3.3 - Covered personal care assistant services)
• 3Grooming assistance (hair, shaving, nail care) is covered only where the need is due to the beneficiary's upper extremities/motor skills being affected by a disability, or a cognitive disability requiring such assistance regardless of upper-extremity mobility.(N.J. Admin. Code § 10:60-3.3 - Covered personal care assistant services)
• 4Hands-on ADL services must be performed by a personal care assistant and are limited to the enumerated tasks (care of teeth/mouth, grooming, bathing, toileting, changing linens with beneficiary in bed, ambulation, transfers, assistance with eating/swallowing, dressing, and accompanying beneficiary for medical/therapeutic trips).(N.J. Admin. Code § 10:60-3.3 - Covered personal care assistant services)