# Accompany patients on outings, providing transportation when necessary.

*/Tasks/Accompany_patients_on_outings,_providing_transportation_when_necessary.*

Accompany patients on outings, providing transportation when necessary.

## Boundary Of Firm

**Outsourced To**:
- [Home Care Agency](/CompanyTypes/Home_Care_Agency)
- [Non Emergency Medical Transportation Provider](/CompanyTypes/Non_Emergency_Medical_Transportation_Provider)
**Automatability**: manual
**Routing Summary**:
- Facilities keep the accompaniment in-house with nursing assistants and activities aides who escort patients on outings.
- When a vehicle is required the driving leg is often bought from a medical transportation provider.
- The patient-side assistance is delivered by a person and is not automated.
**Delivered By Role**:
- [Nursing Assistant](/Tasks/Accompany_patients_on_outings,_providing_transportation_when_necessary./JobTypes/Nursing_Assistant)
- [Personal Care Aide](/Tasks/Accompany_patients_on_outings,_providing_transportation_when_necessary./JobTypes/Personal_Care_Aide)
- [Activities Aide](/Tasks/Accompany_patients_on_outings,_providing_transportation_when_necessary./JobTypes/Activities_Aide)
**Asset Specificity**: general
**Delivered By Department**:
- [Nursing Services](/Tasks/Accompany_patients_on_outings,_providing_transportation_when_necessary./Departments/Nursing_Services)
- [Patient Activities](/Tasks/Accompany_patients_on_outings,_providing_transportation_when_necessary./Departments/Patient_Activities)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Accompany patients or clients on outings to provide assistance.](/Activities/Accompany_patients_or_clients_on_outings_to_provide_assistance.) — parent · Activities

### Siblings

- [Accompany patients to and from wards for medical or dental treatments, shopping trips, or religious ...](/Tasks/Accompany_patients_to_and_from_wards_for_medical_or_dental_treatments,_shopping_trips,_or_religious_...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running ...](/Tasks/Perform_a_variety_of_duties_as_requested_by_client,_such_as_obtaining_household_supplies_or_running_...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, ...](/Tasks/Accompany_clients_to_doctors'_offices_or_on_other_trips_outside_the_home,_providing_transportation,_...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Arrange for commercial taping sessions, and accompany clients to sessions.](/Tasks/Arrange_for_commercial_taping_sessions,_and_accompany_clients_to_sessions.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany Client to Appointments and Outings](/Tasks/Accompany_Client_to_Appointments_and_Outings) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany Patients to Appointments](/Tasks/Accompany_Patients_to_Appointments) — siblings · Tasks
- [Attending Go Sees With Guardian](/Tasks/Attending_Go_Sees_With_Guardian) — siblings · Tasks
- [Escort and Monitor Patients During Activities](/Tasks/Escort_and_Monitor_Patients_During_Activities) — siblings · Tasks
- [Facilitate Community Integration Outings](/Tasks/Facilitate_Community_Integration_Outings) — siblings · Tasks
- [Facilitate Community Outings and Appointments](/Tasks/Facilitate_Community_Outings_and_Appointments) — siblings · Tasks
- [Provide One on One Companionship to Residents](/Tasks/Provide_One_on_One_Companionship_to_Residents) — siblings · Tasks
- [Support Community Reintegration Outings](/Tasks/Support_Community_Reintegration_Outings) — siblings · Tasks
- [Train Community Reintegration Outings](/Tasks/Train_Community_Reintegration_Outings) — siblings · Tasks

### Who does this

- [Occupational Therapy Aides](/Occupations/Occupational_Therapy_Aides) — performs · Occupations

### Problems this exposes

- [duty-of-care incident risk during transport hard to monitor solo](/Problems/duty-of-care_incident_risk_during_transport_hard_to_monitor_solo) — exposes problem · Problems
- [outing scheduling and accessible-transport coordination done manually per patient](/Problems/outing_scheduling_and_accessible-transport_coordination_done_manually_per_patient) — exposes problem · Problems
- [mobility/medical-needs documentation not travel-ready for off-site contingencies](/Problems/mobility%2Fmedical-needs_documentation_not_travel-ready_for_off-site_contingencies) — exposes problem · Problems

### Outsourced to

- [Non Emergency Medical Transportation Provider](/CompanyTypes/Non_Emergency_Medical_Transportation_Provider) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes
- [Home Care Agency](/CompanyTypes/Home_Care_Agency) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes

### Delivered by

- [Activities Aide](/JobTypes/Activities_Aide) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Personal Care Aide](/JobTypes/Personal_Care_Aide) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Nursing Assistant](/JobTypes/Nursing_Assistant) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Patient Activities](/Departments/Patient_Activities) — delivered by · Departments
- [Nursing Services](/Departments/Nursing_Services) — delivered by · Departments