DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
DOMESTIC SERVICES: General household chores to maintain the cleanliness of the home. MPP 30-757.11
RELATED SERVICES:
- Meal Preparation: Planning menus, preparing foods, cooking and serving meals. MPP 30-575.131
- Meal Clean-up: Cleaning up the cooking area and washing, drying, and putting away cookware, dishes, and
utensils. MPP 30-757.132
- Routine Laundry: Washing, drying, folding, and putting away clothes and household linens. MPP 30-575.134
- Shopping for Food: Making a grocery list, travelling to/from the store, shopping, loading, unloading, and storing
food purchased. MPP 30-757.135(b)
- Other Shopping/Errands: Includes, 1) Shopping for other necessary supplies, and 2) Performing small and
necessary errands, e.g., picking up a prescription. MPP 30-757.135(c)
NON-MEDICAL PERSONAL SERVICES:
- Respiration Assistance: Assisting recipient with nonmedical breathing related services such as self-administration
of oxygen and cleaning breathing machines.
MPP 30-757.14(b)
- Bowel and/or Bladder Care: Assisting the recipient with using the toilet (including getting on/off), bedpan/bedside
commode or urinal; emptying and cleaning ostomy, enema and/or catheter receptacles; applying diapers,
disposable undergarments, and disposable barrier pads; wiping and cleaning recipient; and washing/drying
recipient’s hands. MPP 30-757.14(a)
- Feeding: Assisting the recipient to eat meals, including cleaning his/her face and hands before and after meals
MPP 30-757.14(c)
- Routine Bed Bath: Giving a recipient who is confined to bed a routine sponge bath. MPP 30-757.14(d)
- Dressing: Assisting the recipient to put on and take off his/her clothes as necessary throughout the day
MPP 30-757.14(f)
- Menstrual Care: Assistance with the external placement of sanitary napkins and barrier pads. MPP 30-757.14(j)
- Ambulation and Getting In/Out of Vehicles: Assisting the recipient with walking or moving about the home,
including to/from the bathroom, and to/from and into/out of the car for transporting to medical appointments
and/or alternative resources. MPP 30-757.14(k)
- Transfer (Moving In/Out of Bed and/or On/Off Seats): Assisting recipient from standing, sitting, or prone position
to another position and/or from one piece of furniture or equipment to another. MPP 30-757.14(h)
- Bathing, Oral Hygiene, and/or Grooming: Assisting the recipient with: bathing or showering, brushing teeth,
flossing, and cleaning dentures; shampooing, drying, and combing/brushing hair; shaving; and applying lotion,
powder, deodorant. MPP 30-757.14(e)
- Rubbing Skin and Repositioning: Rubbing skin to promote circulation and/or prevent skin breakdown; turning in bed
and other types of repositioning; and supervising range of motion exercises. MPP 30-757.14(g)
- Care of/Assistance with Prosthesis and Help Setting Up Medications: Taking off/putting on and maintaining and
cleaning prosthetic devices, including vision/hearing aids; reminding the recipient to take prescribed and/or
over-the-counter medications, and setting up Medi-sets. MPP 30-757.14(i)
ACCOMPANIMENT SERVICES: Accompanying the recipient during necessary travel to and from health-related
appointments and/or alternative resource sites.
HEAVY CLEANING: Thorough cleaning of the home to remove hazardous debris and dirt. Authorized one time only and
only under certain circumstances. MPP 30-757.12
YARD HAZARD ABATEMENT: Light work in the yard to: 1) Remove high grass or weeds, and rubbish when these
materials pose a fire hazard (authorized one time only), or 2) Remove ice, snow, or other hazardous substances from
entrances and essential walkways when these materials make access to the home hazardous. MPP 30757.16
PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION: Observing the behavior of a non-self-directing, confused, mentally impaired or mentally ill
recipient and assisting as appropriate to guard recipient against injury, hazard, or accident. Certain limitations apply.
MPP 30-757.17
TEACHING AND DEMONSTRATION SERVICES: Teaching and demonstrating services handled by the IHSS provider to
help the recipient perform these on his or her own. Certain limitations apply. MPP 30-757-18
PARAMEDICAL SERVICES: Services meeting the following conditions: 1) Activities which recipients would normally
perform themselves if they did not have functional limitations, 2) Activities which, due to the recipient’s physical or mental
condition, are necessary to maintain the recipient’s health, and 3) Activities which include the administration of medications,
puncturing the skin, or inserting a medical device into a body orifice, activities requiring sterile procedures, or requiring a
judgment based on training given by a licensed health care professional. Special limitations apply. MPP 30-757.19
FOR A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES, YOU MAY VIEW THE MANUAL OF POLICY AND
PROCEDURES (MPP) SECTIONS REFERENCED ABOVE ON THE CDSS WEBSITE AT
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/ord/PG310.htm OR YOUR LOCAL IHSS COUNTY OFFICE.
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