Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1427 - RESPITE SERVICES
Subchapter 2 - RESPITE COMPANION SERVICE PROGRAM
Section 17-1427-8 - Referral, assessment, care plan, and supervision procedures
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-1427-8
Current through August, 2024
(a) A request for respite companion service shall be made in the following ways:
(1) The
client family may make a request for respite companion service to the respite
companion service program on the family's own behalf;
(2) Any health or social service agency may
make a request for respite companion service for the agency's clients to the
respite companion service program; or
(3) A respite station having an established
number of respite companion hours assigned to the station's staff may assign a
respite companion directly to qualifying clients and client families.
(b) Assessment of eligibility for the service of a respite companion shall be performed in the following ways:
(1) Self-referrals or agency referrals shall
be assessed by any health or social service agencies which have been approved
by the respite companion service program to make the assessment; or
(2) Respite stations may assess clients and
assign respite companions to the clients and client families directly;
and
(3) All assessments shall be
made in person and in the client family's home, if possible; and
(4) All assessments and care plans shall be
prepared on forms provided by the respite companion service program and copies
shall be made available to the respite station's clients, client families, and
respite companions.
(c) Supervision of respite companions assigned to clients and client families of respite stations shall be handled primarily by staff designated by the respite stations and secondarily by the respite-companion service program staff.
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