Did u request someone who was knowledgeable about tube feeding. Have you talked with the agency about training her or having her trained. Is CNA willing to do it?
You might want to elaborate more on the situation to help get more informed answers. My now adult son was born with a complex medical condition and was tube fed during a time when he was a baby. I placed feeding tubes and fed him, as did my husband and mother. None of us were certified to do anything, just shown the steps by hospital nurses prior to release. We didn’t have other caregivers but if we had I’d have made sure they knew how to place and use a feeding tube
No! Home Health Aides, CNAs or any unskilled help cannot administer tube feedings. Any agency that does this should be reported to the Department of Health in your state. A family member can be taught how to do tube feedings by the agency.
Only licensed personnel LPNs and RNs can administer tube feedings.
A company that we use out a new caregiver in our home and she cannot feed my son so now I have to make sure someone in the family is here to administer his feed. Is this something a company should or shouldn’t do. I can’t leave him alone with her she can’t feed him. Are they allowed to do this?
I, too, need a more complete story from you to judge anything about your current situation. I hope you will elaborate.
Only licensed personnel LPNs and RNs can administer tube feedings.