(a)
- (1) The facility must provide, as part of services included in the basic daily rate or monthly charge, supportive services appropriate to maintain and promote the well-being of each resident.
- (2) The facility must encourage and permit the resident to maintain and develop skills that enable the resident to function self-sufficiently and independently.
(b)
- (1) “Supportive services” means giving occasional or intermittent guidance, direction, or monitoring of an individual resident as he or she carries out activities of daily living and social activities.
- (2) “Supportive services” do not include monitoring or delivery of physical assistance to a resident delivered in accordance with a physician's order.
(c) The facility must provide supportive services within the basic charge that ensure the following:
- (1) Residents keep appointments for mental and medical services;
- (2) Staff are aware of the resident's general whereabouts even though he or she may travel independently about the community;
(3) The appropriate agencies and/or health professional are notified when:
- (A) The resident has had a major change in status;
- (B) The resident is absent from the facility and his or her whereabouts are not known; and
- (C) An emergency situation arises concerning the facility;
- (4) Residents are treated with kindness and consideration at all times and are not abused, neglected, or exploited in any manner;
- (5) Residents are dressed appropriately for the activities in which residents are engaged and for the weather;
- (6) Residents are encouraged to participate in social, recreational, vocational, and religious activities within the community and facility;
(7) Residents are encouraged and permitted, if capable, to perform personal hygiene activities including, at a minimum:
- (A) A tub bath or shower as desired or required;
- (B) Daily oral hygiene and shaving if desired or requested by the resident; and
- (C) Trimming and shaping of fingernails and toenails unless prohibited by the resident's attending physician;
- (8) Residents are not routinely confined to their room or bed except as necessary for the treatment of a routine short term illness; and
- (9) Residents are not restrained nor locked in their rooms.