Type A vs Type B Assisted Living Facilities

Each facility must designate, in writing, a manager to have jurisdiction over the

operation.

(A) Qualifications. In Tiny facilities, the supervisor must have proof of graduation from an

Accredited high school or certification of equivalency of graduation. In Massive facilities, a manager

Must have:

(I) an associate degree in nursing, health care management, or a related field;

(ii) a bachelor's degree; or

(iii) evidence of graduation from an accredited high school or certificate of equivalency of

Graduation and at least one year of experience working in direction or in health care sector

Management.

(B) Training in direction of assisted living centers.

Have completed at least one educational course on the management of assisted living centers,

That must include information about the assisted living standards; resident attributes

(including dementia), resident assessment and skills working with residents; fundamental principles of

Management; food and nutrition services; federal legislation, with an emphasis on the Americans with

Disabilities Act's entry requirements; community resources; ethics, and fiscal

Administration.

(I) The course should be at least 24 hours in length.

(I) Eight hours of instruction about the assisted living standards must be performed within the initial

Three weeks of employment.

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(II) The 24-hour training requirement Might Not Be fulfilled through in-services in the facility, but may

Be fulfilled through structured, formalized courses, correspondence courses, training videos, space

Learning programs, or off-road coaching classes. All training must be provided or produced by

Academic institutions, assisted living businesses, or recognized national or state organizations

Or institutions. Subject matter that deals with the internal affairs of an organization won't

Qualify for the credit.

(III) Evidence of instruction has to be on file in the facility and must include documentation of

Content, hours, dates, and provider.

(ii) Managers hired after August 1, 2000, who can show documentation of a formerly

Completed comparable course of research are exempt from the training requirements.

(iii) Managers hired after August 1, 2000, has to complete the course by the first anniversary of

Job as boss.

(iv) An assisted living manager who had been used by a licensed assisted living facility on

An assisted living manager who had been

Used by a licensed assisted living facility as the supervisor before August 1, 2000, and

Changes job to another licensed assisted living facility as the supervisor, with a break in

Employment of no longer than 30 days, is also exempt from the training requirement.

(C) Continuing education. All supervisors must show evidence of 12 hours of annual continuing

Education. This requirement will be fulfilled during the first year of employment by the 24-hour

Assisted living management course. The yearly continuing education requirement should include at

Least 2 of the following areas:

(i) resident and provider rights and responsibilities, abuse/neglect, and confidentiality;

(ii) fundamental principles of direction;

(iii) skills for working with residents, families, and other professional service providers;

(iv) resident characteristics and demands;

(v) community resources;

(vi) accounting and budgeting;

(viii) federal laws, such as Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights Act of 1991, the

(D) Manager's responsibilities. The manager has to be on duty 40 hours Weekly and may

Manage only 1 centre, except for managers of small Type A facilities, who may possess

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Responsibility for no more than 16 residents in no longer than four facilities. The managers of

Small Type A facilities must be available by telephone or pager when running facility

Company off-site.

(E) Supervisor's absence. An employee competent and authorized to act in the absence of the

Manager must be designated in writing.

Full-time facility attendants should be at least 18 years old or a high-school

graduate.

(A) An attendant has to be in the facility at all times when residents are in the centre.

(B) Attendants are not precluded from performing other purposes as required from the assisted

Living facility.

(A) A facility should develop and implement staffing policies, which require staffing ratios based

Upon the needs of these inhabitants, as identified in their service plans.

(B) Prior to admission, a facility has to disclose, to potential residents and their families, the

Centre's normal 24-hour staffing pattern and post it monthly according to §92.127 of the

Title (relating to Required Postings).

(C) A facility should have sufficient staff to:

(I) maintain order, security, and cleanliness;

(ii) help with drug regimens;

(iii) prepare and support foods that meet the daily nutritional and special dietary requirements of each

(iv) help with laundry;

(v) assure that each resident receives the kind and quantity of supervision and care required to

Fulfill his basic needs; and

(vi) ensure safe evacuation of the facility in the event of an emergency.

(D) A facility must meet with the staffing requirements described in this subparagraph.

(I) Type A facility: Night shift staff in a small facility has to be instantly available. In a large

Centre, the staff has to be immediately available and alert.

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(ii) Type B centre: Night shift staff needs to be immediately accessible and awake, Irrespective of the

Number of licensed beds.

(4) Staff training. The facility must record that staff members are competent to provide

Personal care before assuming responsibilities and have obtained the following training.

Duties. Training needs to cover, at a minimum, the following topics:

(I) coverage of neglect and abuse;

(iv) requirements about which they should notify the facility supervisor;

(vi) emergency and evacuation processes.

(B) Attendants must complete 16 hours of on-the-job supervision and training within the initial 16

Hours of employment after orientation. Training must include:

(I) inForm A and B amenities, providing assistance with the activities of daily living;

(ii) resident's health requirements and how they may affect the supply of tasks;

(iii) security measures to prevent accidents and injuries;

(iv) emergency first aid procedures, like the Heimlich maneuver and action to take when a

Resident drops, suffers a laceration or experiences a sudden change in physical and/or mental

Standing;

(vi) behavior management, as an Example, avoidance of aggressive behavior and de-escalation

Techniques, practices to decrease the frequency of their use of restraint, and alternatives to

restraints; and

(vii) fall prevention.

(C) Direct care staff should complete six documented hours of education annually, according to each

Worker's hire date. Staff must finish 1 hour of annual training in fall prevention and a single

Hour of instruction in behavior management, as an Example, prevention of aggressive behaviour and

De-escalation Methods, practices to decrease the frequency of the usage of restraint, and

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Training for these subjects have to be competency-based. Subject matter

Must address the distinctive needs of this facility.

(ii) resident rights and fundamentals of self-determination;

(iii) communication techniques for working with residents with hearing, visual, or cognitive

Impairment;

(iv) communication with families and other persons interested in the resident;

(v) common physical, emotional, social, and psychological conditions and how these conditions

Affect residents' care;

(vi) essential facts about common physical and psychological disorders, as an Example, arthritis, cancer,

Dementia, depression, heart and lung ailments, sensory problems, or stroke;

(vii) cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

(viii) common medications and side effects, including psychotropic medications, when

Suitable;

(ix) understanding emotional illness;

(x) conflict resolution and de-escalation methods; and

(xi) information about community resources.

(D) Facilities that use licensed nurses, certified nurse aides, or certified medication aides

Must supply annual in-service training, appropriate to their job duties, from one or

A lot of these areas:

(I) communication techniques and skills useful when providing palliative care (skills for

Therapeutic touch; recognizing communicating that signals psychological abuse);

(ii) evaluation and interventions about the typical physical and psychological changes of

Aging for every body system;

(iii) geriatric pharmacology, such as treatment for pain management, food and drug

interactions, and sleep disorders;

(iv) frequent disasters of geriatric residents and how to prevent them, for example falls,

Choking on food or medications, injuries from restraint use; recognizing sudden changes in

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Physical condition, such as stroke, heart attack, acute abdomen, acute nausea; and getting

Emergency treatment;

(v) common mental disorders with related nursing implications; and

(vi) ethical and legal issues regarding advance directives, neglect and abuse, guardianship, and

(b) Social services. The facility must provide an activity or societal program at least weekly

For the residents.

(c) Resident assessment. Within 14 days of admission, a resident comprehensive appraisal and

A single service strategy for providing maintenance, which is based on the comprehensive evaluation,

Must be finished. The comprehensive assessment must be performed by the Proper staff

And recorded on a form developed by the facility. When a facility is unable to obtain

Data required for the comprehensive assessment, the facility should document its efforts

to obtain the information.

(1) The comprehensive examination must include the following items:

(A) the place from which the resident has been admitted;

(B ) ) main language;

(C) sleep-cycle problems;

(D) behavioral symptoms;

(E) psychosocial issues (i.e., a psychosocial functioning assessment that includes an appraisal

Of mental or psychosocial adjustment difficulty; a screening for signs of depression, such as

Withdrawal, anger or gloomy mood; assessment of the resident's level of stress; and determining if

The resident has a history of psychiatric diagnosis that required in-patient treatment);

(G) activities of daily living routines (i.e., wakened to bathroom all or most nights, bathed in

Morning/night, shower or bathtub );

(H) engagement patterns and preferred action pursuits (i.e., daily contact with relatives, and friends,

Generally attended religious services, involved in group activities, preferred action preferences,

General activity preferences);

(I) cognitive skills for daily decision-making (separate, altered liberty, pretty

Diminished, severely diminished );

(J) communication (ability to communicate with others, communication apparatus );

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(K) physical operation (transfer status; ambulation standing; toilet use; personal hygiene; ability

To groom, feed and groom self);

(L) continence standing;

(M) nutritional stat,us (weight changes, nutritional issues or strategies );

(N) oral/dental standing;

(O) investigations;

(P) medications (administered, supervised, self-administers);

(Q) health conditions and possible medication side effects;

(R) particular treatments and processes;

(S) hospital admissions over the past six months or since last assessment; and

(T) preventive health needs (i.e., blood pressure monitoring, hearing-vision assessment).

(2) The service plan must be approved and signed by the resident or a person responsible for the

Resident's healthcare decisions. The facility must provide care in line with the service program. The

Service plan must be updated annually and upon a significant change in condition, based upon an

Assessment of the resident.

(3) For respite customers, the facility may Maintain a service plan for six months from the date on which

It's developed. Throughout that interval, the facility may admit the person as frequently as needed.

(4) Emergency admissions should be evaluated and a service plan developed for them.

(d) Resident policies. )

(1) Before admitting a resident, facility staff should clarify and provide a copy of the disclosure

Statement to the resident, family, or responsible party. An assisted living facility that provides

Brain injury rehab services must attach to its disclosure statement a Particular statement

That licensure as an assisted living facility Doesn't indicate state inspection, approval, or

Endorsement of this facility's rehabilitative services. The facility must document receipt of the

Disclosure statement.

(2) The facility must provide residents with a copy of the Resident Bill of Rights.

Record the household's receipt of, the DADS phone hotline number to report suspected abuse,

Neglect, or exploitation, as referenced in §92.102 of the chapter (relating to Abuse, Neglect, or

Exploitation Reportable to DADS).

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(4) The facility must have written policies concerning taxpayers accepted, services provided,

Charges, refunds, responsibilities of facility and residents, privileges of residents, and other rules

(5) Each facility must make accessible copies of the resident policies to staff and to residents or

Residents' responsible parties in time of admission. Documented notification of any modifications to

The coverages should happen before the effective date of the changes.

(6) Before or upon admission of a resident, a facility must inform the resident and, if applicable,

The resident's legally authorized representative, of DADS rules and the centre's policies related

to restraint and seclusion.

(e) Entry policies.

(1) A facility must not admit or retain a resident whose needs cannot be fulfilled by the facility or

Who is not able to secure the required services from an outside resource. Included in this facility's

General supervision and oversight of the bodily and psychological well-being of its occupants, the

Facility remains responsible for all care provided at the center. If the individual is proper

For placement in a centre, then the choice that additional services are necessary and can be

Procured is the responsibility of facility management with written concurrence of the resident,

Resident's attending physician, or legal counsel. Irrespective of the possibility of"aging in

Set" or securing extra services, the facility must meet all Life Safety Code requirements

(2) There must be a written admission agreement between the facility and the resident. The

Agreement must specify such details as solutions to be provided and the charges for the services.

If the facility provides supplies and services that could be a Medicare benefit, the centre must

Offer the resident a statement that such supplies and services could be a Medicare benefit.

(3) A centre must share a copy of the centre disclosure statement, rate schedule, and respective

Resident service program with external sources that provide any extra services to your resident.

Outside sources must supply facilities using a copy of their resident care programs and needs to

Document, in the centre, any services supplied, on the day provided.

(4) Each resident must have a health evaluation by a doctor performed within 30 days

Before entrance or 14 days after admission, unless a moving hospital or facility has a

Physical examination in the medical record.

(5) The assisted living facility must secure at the time of entry of a resident the following

Identifying information:

(A) complete name of resident;

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(C) usual residence (where resident dwelt before admission);

(D) sex;

(H) usual occupation (during most of working life);

(I) family, other persons named by the resident, along with doctor for emergency notification;

(J) pharmacy taste; and

(K) Medicaid/Medicare number, if available.

(f) Inappropriate positioning in Form A or Type B facilities.

(1) DADS or a facility may determine that a resident is placed in the center if a

Resident encounters a change of illness but continues to fulfill with the facility evacuation criteria.

(A) If DADS determines the resident is inappropriately placed and the centre is willing to keep

The resident, the facility Isn't required to release the resident if, in 10 working days after

Getting the Statement of Licensing Violations and Plan of Correction, Form 3724, and the

Report of Contact, Type 3614-A, from DADS, the facility submits the next to the DADS

Regional division:

(I) Doctor's Assessment, Type 1126, indicating that the resident is appropriately placed and

Describing the resident's medical conditions and related nursing needs, ambulatory and move

Skills, and mental status;

(ii) Resident's Request to Remain in Facility, Form 1125, signaling that:

(I) the resident needs to stay at the centre; or

(II) if the resident lacks capacity to provide a written statement, the resident's family member or

Legally authorized representative needs the resident to remain at the centre; and

(iii) Facility Request, Type 1124, indicating that the facility agrees that the resident may remain

In the facility.

(B) If the facility opens the request for an inappropriately placed resident to remain in the

Centre, the facility must complete and date the types described in subparagraph (A) of the

Paragraph and then submit them into the DADS regional office within 10 working days following the date

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The facility decides the resident is inappropriately placed, as indicated on the DADS

Prescribed types.

(two ) DADS or a centre may determine that a resident is inappropriately placed in the centre if

The centre does not meet all requirements referenced in §92.3 of this chapter (relating to Types

Of Assisted Living Facilities) for the evacuation of a designated resident.

Facility and the facility is willing to keep the resident, the facility has to ask an evacuation

Waiver as described in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph into the DADS regional office in 10

Working days following the date the facility receives the Statement of Accreditation Violations and Plan

Of Correction, Form 372, and also the Report of Contact, Form 3614-A. If the facility Isn't willing to

Keep the resident, the facility must release the resident within 30 days after receiving the

Statement of Licensing Violations and Plan of Correction and the Report of Contact.

(B) When the facility initiates the request for a resident to remain in the facility, the facility has to

Ask an evacuation waiver as described in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph from the DADS

Regional office within 10 working days after the date that the facility decides the resident is

(C) To request an evacuation waiver for an inappropriately placed resident, a facility must

Submit to the DADS regional office:

(I) Doctor's Assessment, Form 1126, indicating that the resident is appropriately placed and

Describing the resident's medical conditions and related nursing needs, ambulatory and transfer

Abilities, and psychological status;

(ii) Resident's Request to Remain at Facility, Type 1125, signaling that:

(I) the resident needs to stay at the facility; or

(II) if the resident lacks capacity to provide a written statement, the resident's family member or

Lawfully authorized representative wants the resident to remain at the centre;

(iii) Facility Request, Type 1124, signaling that the centre agrees that the resident could stay

In the facility;

(iv) a detailed emergency plan that describes how the facility will meet the evacuation needs of

The resident, including:

(I) he specific staff positions that will be on duty to assist with evacuation and their shift times;

(III) specific employees training that relates to resident evacuation;

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(v) a copy of an accurate facility floor plan, to climb, that labels all rooms by use and indicates

That the specific resident's room;

(vi) a copy of the center's emergency evacuation plan;

(vii) a copy of the facility fire drill records to the last 12 months;

(viii) a copy of a completed Fire Marshal/State Fire Marshal Notification, Form 1127, signed by

The fire authority having jurisdiction (either the local Fire Marshal or State Fire Marshal) as an

Acknowledgement that the fire authority has been notified that the resident's evacuation

Capacity has changed;

(ix) a copy of a completed Fire Suppression Authority Notification, Form 1129, signed by the

Neighborhood fire suppression authority within an acknowledgement that the fire suppression authority has

Been advised the resident's evacuation capability has changed;

(x) a copy of the resident's latest comprehensive assessment that addresses the areas

Required by subsection (c) of the section and that has been finished within 60 days, according to the

Date stated about the evacuation waiver form submitted to DADS;

(xi) the resident's support plan that covers all aspects of the resident's care, especially those

Areas characterized by DADS, including:

(I) the resident's medical condition and related nursing demands;

(II) hospitalizations in 60 days, based on the date based on the evacuation waiver type

submitted to DADS;

(III) any significant change in condition in the last 60 days, based on the date mentioned on the

evacuation waiver form submitted to DADS;

(IV) specific staffing needs; and

(V) services which are provided by an outside supplier;

(xii) any other information that relates to the required fire safety features of the facility which will

Guarantee that the evacuation capability of any resident; and

(xiii) support programs of other residents, if requested by DADS.

(D) A facility must meet the following criteria to receive a waiver from DADS:

(I) The emergency plan submitted in accordance with subparagraph (C)(iv) of this paragraph

Must ensure that:

(I) staff is adequately trained;

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(II) a sufficient number of staff is on all shifts to maneuver all residents to a place of safety;

(III) residents will be transferred to appropriate locations, given safety and health problems;

(IV) all Probable areas of fire source areas and the requirement for complete evacuation of the building

(VI) that there is an effective Way of warning residents and personnel in a malfunction of this

(VII) There's a method to efficiently communicate the actual location of the fire; and

(VIII) the program satisfies any other safety issues that could have an effect on the residents'

Security in the event of a flame and

(ii) the crisis program will not have an adverse effect on other inhabitants of the facility who have

Waivers of evacuation or who have particular needs that require staff support.

(E) DADS reviews the documentation filed under this subsection and informs the facility in

Writing of its determination to grant or deny the waiver within 10 working days after the date the

Request is received in the DADS regional office.

(F) Upon notification that DADS has granted the evacuation waiver, the facility has to

Immediately initiate all provisions of the proposed emergency plan. If the facility does not follow

The crisis plan, and you will find health and safety concerns that Aren't addressed, DADS may

Determine that there is an immediate threat to the health or safety of a resident.

(G) DADS testimonials a waiver of evacuation during the centre's annual renewal licensing

inspection.

(3) When a DADS surveyor determines that a resident is inappropriately placed at a facility and the

Facility either agrees with the conclusion or fails to obtain the written statements or waiver

(A) The resident is allowed 30 days following the date of notice of discharge to maneuver from the

Facility.

(B) A release required under this subsection must be made nonetheless:

(I) any other legislation, including any legislation about the rights of residents and any duties

Enforced under the Property Code; and

(ii) the terms of any contract.

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(4) When a facility Must discharge the resident since the facility has not submitted the

Written statements required by paragraph (1) of the subsection to the DADS regional division, or

DADS denies the waiver as described in paragraph (2) of the subsection, DADS may:

(A) assess an administrative penalty if DADS determines the facility has intentionally or

Repeatedly disregarded the waiver process because the resident is still residing in the facility

When DADS conducts a prospective onsite visit; or

(B) find other sanctions, including a roadside suspension or final order, against the facility

under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 247, Subchapter C (relating to General

Enforcement), if DADS determines there is a significant risk and immediate threat to the wellbeing

And security of a resident of the facility.

(5) The facility's disclosure statement has to notify the resident and resident's legally authorized

Representative of this waiver procedure described in this section and the facility's policies and

Procedures for aging in place.

(6) Following the initial year of occupation and no later than the anniversary date of this facility

Manager's hire date, the supervisor must show evidence of yearly conclusion of DADS training on

(g) Advance directives.

(1) The facility must keep written policies regarding the execution of progress

directives. The policies must include a clear and accurate statement of any process the facility is

Reluctant or not able to provide or withhold in accordance with the advance directive.

(2) The facility must provide written notice of these policies to residents at the time they're

Confessed to receive services from the center.

And unable to Get the note, the facility must Offer the written notice, at the next

Order of preference, to:

(ii) a person responsible for the resident's health care choices;

(iv) the resident's adult child;

(vi) the person admitting the resident.

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