- (a) The purpose of this part is to establish standards for Level I assisted living facilities that provide services in a homelike environment for elderly and disabled persons.
(b)
- (1) Level I assisted living facilities ensure that residents receive supportive health and social services as they are needed to enable them to maintain their individuality, privacy, dignity, and independence in the highest degree possible in an apartment-style living unit.
- (2) The assisted living environment actively encourages and supports these values through effective methods of service delivery and facility or program operation.
- (3) The environment promotes resident self-direction and personal decision-making while protecting resident’s health and safety.