67:40:07:02.  Services provided. Following completion of the needs assessment and evaluation and a determination that all other resources have been exhausted, the department, in consultation with the client, shall determine what homemaker services the client needs. Tasks necessary to maintain a client in the client's home and which the homemaker may perform include the following:

          (1)  Cleaning identified household areas;

          (2)  Preparing light meals;

          (3)  Shopping for necessities that are incidental to the needed homemaker services;

          (4)  Washing dishes;

          (5)  Dusting;

          (6)  Floor care;

          (7)  Assisting with personal hygiene tasks;

          (8)  Laundry;

          (9)Assisting a client complete personal tasks such as paying bills;

          (10)Providing brief periods of care for the client when incidental to the homemaker tasks; or

          (11)Assisting a client with routine health care, including items such as reminding the client to take medications; opening and closing a medication container; returning a medication container to its proper storage area; if medical conditions such as diabetes and peripheral neuropathy are ruled out, assisting the client with foot soaks; cleaning a dehumidifier; or assisting the client with footwear or hose.

          Source: 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 9 SDR 30, effective September 16, 1982; 18 SDR 176, effective April 26, 1992; 26 SDR 109, effective March 5, 2000; 28 SDR 96, effective December 30, 2001.

          General Authority: SDCL 28-1-45.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 28-1-44.

          Cross-Reference: General eligibility standards, ch 67:40:11.

          Code Commission Note: The substance of § 67:14:07:09 was transferred to subdivision 67:40:07:02(3).