PERSONAL CARE AIDE REQUIREMENTS
All basic personal care aides employed by the provider must:
• be at least 18 years of age;
• be able to read, write and follow directions; and
• have at least six (6) months paid work experience as an agency homemaker, nurse aide, maid or household worker, or
at least one (1) year of experience in caring for children or for sick or aged individuals.
Successful completion of formal training in the nursing arts, such as a nursing aide or home health aide, may be substituted for the qualifying experience.
Advanced personal care aides must have additional qualification,
not be the family member of the participant for whom personal care is to be provided.
Family member is defined as a parent; sibling, child by blood, adoption or marriage; spouse; grandparent or grandchild.