Section DHS 129.12 - Feeding assistant training program curriculum(1) Feeding assistant training programs shall use a training curriculum, which has been pre-approved by the department and determined to comply with the federally mandated topics under s. DHS 129.11 (1) (a) to (h).(2) Feeding assistant training programs shall use the department of health services, division of quality assurance video, The Wisconsin Caregiver Program: A Blueprint for Excellence, to provide feeding assistant students instruction regarding the requirements of the caregiver program. A copy of the video is provided to the feeding assistant training program by the department. Note: Link to the WI Caregiver program video and guide at https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p6/p63161.pdf and https://vimeo.com/546007413.
(3) Training programs that are conducted in nursing homes shall submit to the department proposed training materials to provide feeding assistants instruction regarding the facility's selected resident population.(4) Although the pre-approved standardized training curriculums include additional skill information, such as, intake and output and special care needs for residents with dysphasia, the instructor shall emphasize that the feeding assistant may not be permitted to perform any other hands-on duty, beyond assisting residents who have no complicated feeding problems to eat and drink.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 129.12
CR 08-042: cr. register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08.Amended by, CR correction in (2) (Note), (4) (Note) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b), Stats., Register July 2023 No. 811, eff. 8/1/2023Trained feeding assistants may identify the amounts of food and fluid consumed according to facility policy and procedures.