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

h. Residents are not routinely confined to their room or bed except as necessary for the
treatment of a routine short term illness;
i. Residents are not restrained nor locked in their rooms.
402 ACTIVITIES AND SOCIALIZATION
403.1 Each facility must provide, as part of services and accommodation included in the basic rate, an
organized program of individual and group activities appropriate to individual resident needs,
interests and wishes.
403.2 At a minimum, the facility must provide:
a. Accommodations, equipment and supplies for recreation and socialization services;
b. Group recreation and socialization services.
403 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
403.1 The resident shall be assisted in making arrangements to secure all community based health or
other professional services, examinations and reports needed to maintain and/or document the
maintenance of the resident's health, safety and welfare.
403.2 The facility must document that each resident has a physician of his/her choice who is reponsible
for the overall management of the individual's health.
403.3 The facility must have written emergency medical policy and procedures that shall include, at a
minimum, the requirement that in the event of a resident's illness or accident, the facility shall:
a. Notify the resident's responsible party, next of kin and personal physician, or in the event
such physician is not available, a qualified alternate;
b. Take immediate and appropriate steps to see that the resident receives necessary medical
attention including transfer to an appropriate medical facility, if necessary, though an
additional charge may be levied for transportation;
c. Make a notation of the illness or accident in the resident's personal record.
403.4 Each resident shall be assisted as part of the basic charge in arranging regular and emergency
dental services.
403.5 Each resident shall be assisted as part of the basic charge in arranging for necessary foot care.
403.6 Residents shall be assisted as part of the basic charge in arranging other routine or special
services, as their needs may require, for eye examinations, eye glasses, auditory testing and
hearing aids.
404 HOME HEALTH SERVICES
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Residential Care Facilities R. 08/01/07