Monitoring residents' well-being.
The assisted living facility must:
(1) Observe each resident consistent with his or her assessed needs and negotiated service agreement;
(2) Identify any changes in the resident's physical, emotional, and mental functioning that are a:
(a) Departure from the resident's customary range of functioning; or
(b) Recurring condition in a resident's physical, emotional, or mental functioning that has previously required intervention by others.
(3) Evaluate, in order to determine if there is a need for further action:
(a) The changes identified in the resident per subsection (2) of this section; and
(b) Each resident when an accident or incident that is likely to adversely affect the resident's well-being, is observed by or reported to staff persons.
(4) Take appropriate action in response to each resident's changing needs.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2120, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.20.090. WSR 06-01-047, § 388-78A-2120, filed 12/15/05, effective 1/15/06. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter
18.20 RCW. WSR 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2120, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]