WAC 388-78A-2202 Respite—General. An assisted living facility:
- May provide short term respite care;
- Must limit the length of stay for an individual on respite to thirty calendar days or less; and
- Must not use respite as a placement pending the resident’s admission to the assisted living facility.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2202, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 2008 c 146, and chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 09-01-079, § 388-78A-2202, filed 12/15/08, effective 1/15/09.]
WAC 388-78A-2204 Respite—Information. When an assisting living facility provides respite care, before or at the time of admission, the assisted living facility must obtain sufficient information about the individual to meet the individual’s anticipated needs. That information must include at a minimum:
- The resident’s legal name;
- The name, phone number and address of the resident’s repre-sentative, if applicable;
- The name and address of the adult family home, assisted liv-ing facility, or other location where the resident normally lives, with the name of a contact person and the contact person’s phone number;
- The name, address, and telephone number of the resident’s at-tending physician, and alternate physician if any;
- Medical and social history, which may be obtained from a res-pite care assessment and respite service plan performed by a case manager designated by an area agency on aging under contract with the department, and mental and physical assessment data; and
- Physician’s orders for diet, medication, and routine care consistent with the resident’s status on admission.
388-78A-2204, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 2008 c 146, and chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 09-01-079, §
388-78A-2204, filed 12/15/08, effective 1/15/09.]
WAC 388-78A-2206 Respite—Assessment. The assisted living facility must ensure that any individual on respite has assessments performed, where needed, and if the assessment of the individual shows symptoms of:
- Tuberculosis, follow required tuberculosis testing require-ments; and
- Other infectious conditions or diseases, follow the appropri-ate infection control processes.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2206, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 2008 c 146, and chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 09-01-079, § 388-78A-2206, filed 12/15/08, effective 1/15/09.]
WAC 388-78A-2208 Respite—Negotiated service agreement. With the participation of the individual, and where appropriate their representative, the assisted living facility must develop a negotiated service agreement, to maintain or improve the individual’s health and functional status during their stay in the assisted living facility.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2208, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 2008 c 146, and chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 09-01-079, §
388-78A-2208, filed 12/15/08, effective 1/15/09.]