Direct care staff definition

Direct care staff means a facility employee whose primary responsibility is to provide personal care services to residents. These personal care services may include:
Direct care staff means those staff persons who provide a homelike environment for the residents and assist or supervise the resident in meeting the goals in the resident’s program plan.
Direct care staff means staff who personally provide direct services to consumers. Personnel who are responsible for other staff functions may be considered direct care staff only during that time when they are providing direct services to consumers or are involved in program preparation functions;

Examples of Direct care staff in a sentence

  • Direct care staff skills in employing the method shall be periodically re-evaluated.


More Definitions of Direct care staff

Direct care staff means nursing, activity, social and therapy staff.
Direct care staff means Staff in Regular Contact or Staff in Direct Contact with residents who provide personal or nursing services to residents, including administrators and managers providing such services.
Direct care staff means facility staff that personally provide direct supervision and special services to consumers, as defined in Section 56002(a). The term includes the licensee, the administrator, management, supervisory, and lead staff during that time when they are providing direct supervision and special services to consumers.
Direct care staff means any nursing or therapy staff who provides direct, hands-on care to residents in a nursing facility; and
Direct care staff means the individuals employed by or working under contract for an adult care home who assist residents in activities of daily living. These activities may include the following:
Direct care staff means registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants that are routinely assigned to patient care units and are replaced for scheduled or unscheduled absences.
Direct care staff means employees and volunteers of a provider who provide direct services to clients.