A certified Nurse Assistant in Illinois

Observation of client functioning and reporting changes to his/her supervisor or employer; B) Assistance with household chores, including cooking and meal preparation, cleaning and laundry; C) Assistance in completing activities such as shopping and appointments outside of the home; D) Companionship; E) Completion of appropriate records documenting service provision; and F) Assistance with activities of daily living and personal care. Skin Care. A home services worker may perform general skin care assistance. Skin care may be performed by a home services worker only when skin is unbroken, and when any chronic skin problems are not active. The skin care provided by a home services worker must be preventative rather than therapeutic in nature, and may include the application of non-medicated lotions and solutions, or of lotions and solutions not requiring a physician's prescription. Skilled skin care must be provided by an agency licensed as a home health or home nursing services agency. Skilled skin care includes wound care, dressing changes, application of prescription medications, skilled observation and reporting. Ambulation. A home services worker may assist clients with ambulation. Clients in the process of being trained to use adaptive equipment for ambulation, such as walkers, canes or wheelchairs, require supervision by an agency licensed to provide home health or home nursing services during the period of their training. Once the prescribing individual or the health care provider responsible for the training of the client is comfortable with releasing the client to work on his or her own with the adaptive equipment, a home services worker may assist with ambulation. Bathing. A home services worker may assist clients with bathing. When a