New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter C - Social Services
Article 5 - Adult and Family Services
Part 460 - Homemaker Service
Section 460.1 - General
Universal Citation: 18 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 460.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Definition. Homemaker service is a specialized service which complements the casework service of the agency and which is provided on the recommendation and approval of appropriate social service staff to families and individuals in their own homes for the purpose of maintaining normal household operations during periods of stress or crisis, or for the purpose of teaching homemaking skills and management to a mother in order to strengthen family life.
(b) Scope. Homemaker service shall include, but not be limited to, helping with and/or teaching:
(1) household tasks, such as marketing,
preparation and serving of meals, cleaning, light laundry, ironing and
mending;
(2) personal services,
such as assistance with bathing and other personal care of small children or
elderly or disabled adults, payment of bills, errands, accompanying the elderly
person to the clinic or the doctor;
(3) when serving as a substitute for the
mother, supervision of children during the hours the responsible adult is
absent from the home.
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