58H-1.006. Caregiver Requirements

(1) Caregiver shall meet the following requirements: (a) Be age 18 or above, capable of providing a family type living environment and willing to accept the responsibility for the social, physical and emotional needs of the home care client; (b) Be a relative or friend who has been accepted by the client as surrogate family or is a responsible adult with whom the client has made an arrangement to provide home care services; (c) Be willing to accept the responsibility for the social, physical and emotional needs of the recipient; (d) Be physically present to provide supervision and to assist in arrangement of services for the client; (e) Maintain the residential dwelling free of conditions that pose an immediate threat to the life, safety, health and well being of the home care client pursuant to rule 58H-1.007, F.A.C.; and, (f) Be without record of conviction of abuse, neglect or exploitation of another person. (2) The case management agency may exempt a caregiver from certain requirements as specified in its contract with the area agency on aging.