AUTHORITY The following rules and regulations for the - Arkansas ...

401 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
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. The facility must encourage and
permit the resident to maintain and develop skills that enable the resident to function self-sufficiently and
independently.
Supportive services shall be defined as giving occasional or intermittent guidance, direction or monitoring of an
individual resident as he/she carries out activities of daily living and social activities. Supportive services do
not include monitoring or delivery of physical assistance to a resident delivered in accordance with a physician's
order.
400.1 The facility must provide supportive services within the basic charge that assure the following;
a. Residents keep appointments for mental and medical services;
b. Staff are aware of the resident's general whereabouts even though he/she may travel
independently about the community;
c. The appropriate agencies and/or health professional are notified when:
1. The resident has had a major change in status;
2. The resident is absent from the facility and his/her whereabouts are not known;
and
3. An emergency situation arises concerning the facility.
d. Residents are treated with kindness and consideration at all times and are not abused,
neglected or exploited in any manner;
e. Residents are dressed appropriately for the activities in which residents are engaged and
for the weather.
f. Residents are encouraged to participate in social, recreational, vocational and religious
activities within the community and facility;
g. Residents are encouraged and permitted, if capable, to perform personal hygiene
activities including, at a minimum:
1. A tub bath or shower as desired or required;
2. Daily oral hygiene and shaving if desired or requested by the resident;
3. Trimming and shaping of fingernails and toenails unless prohibited by the
resident's attending physician.
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Residential Care Facilities R. 08/01/07