Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 111 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Chapter 111-8 - HEALTHCARE FACILITY REGULATION
Subject 111-8-62 - PERSONAL CARE HOMES
Rule 111-8-62-.17 - Services

(1) Personal assistance must be given to those residents who are unable to keep themselves neat and clean.

(2) Each home must provide sufficient activities to promote the physical, mental and social well-being of each resident.

(3) Each home must provide books, newspapers, and games for leisure time activities. Each home must encourage and offer assistance to residents who wish to participate in hobbies, music, arts and crafts, religion, games, sports, social, recreational and cultural activities available in the home and in the community.

(4) Each home must have at least one operable, non-pay telephone which is accessible at all times for emergency use by staff. Residents must have access to an operable, non-pay telephone in a private location, both to make and receive personal calls. The same telephone may meet all the requirements of this section.

(5) The daily living routine of the home must be such that a resident may spend the majority of his or her non-sleeping hours out of the resident's bedroom, if he or she so chooses.

(6) A home must not restrict a resident's free access to the common areas of the home unless the resident is living in a specialized memory care center. If the resident is residing in a specialized memory care center, unrestricted access to the common areas contained within the memory care center must be provided to the resident.

(7) A home must not lock the resident into or out of the resident's bedroom or private living space.

(8) Resident Needs Assessment. The home must complete an assessment of the resident at the time of admission and update as changes occur that addresses the resident's care needs taking into account the resident's family supports, the resident's functional capacity relative to the activities of daily living, physical care needs, medical information provided, cognitive and behavioral impairments, if any, and personal preferences relative to care needs.

(9) Written Care Plan. Utilizing the information acquired during the admission process and the move-in adjustment period, a home which provides proxy caregivers or memory care must develop the resident's individual written care plan within 14 days of admission and require staff to use the care plan as a guide for the delivery of care and services to the resident. The care plan must include the following: