Section DHS 129.11 - Feeding assistant training program requirements(1) Wisconsin's feeding assistant training programs shall require enrolled persons to successfully complete an approved feeding assistant training program, which includes all of the following federally-mandated topics, to be covered during a minimum of 8 hours of instruction:(b) Assistance with feeding and hydration.(c) Communication and interpersonal skills.(d) Appropriate responses to resident behavior.(e) Safety and emergency procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver.(h) Recognizing changes in residents that are inconsistent with the norm and the importance of reporting changes to the nurse. Note: Safety and emergency procedures may also include Choking: First Aid taught by the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association.
(2) The feeding assistant training program shall also provide instruction on to all students on all of the following topics:(a) Wisconsin's Caregiver Program under ss. 50.065 and 146.40, Stats., including background check requirements, the need to promptly report any misconduct allegations, the definitions of abuse or neglect of a client or misappropriation of a client's property and the rehabilitation review requirements.(b) The client population who will be served by the feeding assistant in a program based in a nursing home. The facility-based training program curriculum shall include training specific to the identified population types. This training shall include all of the following, but is not limited to: 1. Characteristics of the population, such as the client's physical, social and mental health needs, and specific medications or treatments needed by the residents.2. Program services needed by the clients.3. Meeting the needs of clients with dual diagnoses, such as co-occurrence of mental health disorders and alcohol or drug dependence or abuse, and maintaining or increasing the client's social participation.4. Self direction, self care and vocational abilities.5. Instruction of feeding assistants who have been trained by another facility's training program, for the current entity's specific selected population.(3) Programs may choose to add increased training requirements.(4) The program determines the number of extra hours required for the training topics listed under sub. (2). However, the training shall be in addition to the minimum 8 hours required for the federally mandated topics under s. DHS 129.11 (1) (a) to (h).(5) Training programs shall stress that the only direct, hands-on duty a feeding assistant is permitted to perform is assisting residents who have no complicated feeding problems to eat or drink.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 129.11
CR 08-042: cr. register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08.Amended by, CR correction in (1) (Note) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b), Stats., Register July 2023 No. 811, eff. 8/1/2023