WAC 388-78A-2385

(1) An assisted living facility certified as a memory care facility or memory care unit must post in a prominent location in the facility or unit and make available upon request a memory care disclosure to residents, resident representatives, if any, and interested consumers in substantially the following format:

Memory care disclosure required by RCW 18.20.300 (2)(a):

(a) Facility information, including:

(i) Facility name;

(ii) Facility address;

(iii) Facility phone number;

(b) Number of licensed beds in the memory care facility or memory care unit;

(c) Number of awake overnight caregivers and direct care staff available per resident occupied bed;

(i) Caregivers;

(ii) Other direct care staff;

(d) Number of regular direct care staff and caregivers per resident occupied bed during the day and evening hours;

(i) Caregivers;

(ii) Other direct care staff;

(2) The assisted living facility certified as a memory care facility or memory care unit must provide written notice informing the resident and their representative, if any, as defined in RCW 70.129.010, of a significant change in staffing within 30 days of the change and make the notification available for department review.

(3) For the purpose of this section "significant change in staffing" is defined as a reduction in the caregiver or direct care staff workforce in the memory care facility or memory care unit lasting more than five days where the facility or unit only meets basic essential needs such as eating, drinking, toileting, and medications for residents based on staffing. A significant change in staffing does not apply when an adjustment to the memory care facility or memory care unit staffing is based on a fluctuation in resident census.