Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 90 - ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
Section 11-90-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter: "Abuse" means actual or imminent physical injury, psychological abuse or neglect, sexual abuse, financial exploitation, negligent treatment, or maltreatment as further defined in section 346-222, HRS.
"Activities of Daily Living" or "ADL" means those personal functional activities required by an individual for continued well-being including eating, dressing, personal hygiene, mobility, toileting, and behavior management.
"Aging in place" means the process of remaining in his or her living environment ("home") despite the physical or mental decline that may occur due to the aging process. For aging in place to occur, needed services are provided, increased or adjusted to compensate for the physical or mental decline of the individual within the ability of the facility.
"Assistance" means the resident can perform some part of an activity, but cannot do it entirely alone.
"Assisted living" means encouraging and supporting individuals to live independently and receive services and assistance to maintain independence. All individuals have a right to live independently with respect for their privacy and dignity, and to live in a setting free from restraints.
"Assisted living facility" means an assisted living facility as defined in section 321-15.1, HRS. This facility shall consist of a building complex offering dwelling units to individuals and services to allow residents to maintain an independent assisted living lifestyle. The environment of an assisted living facility shall include one in which meals are provided, staff are available on a 24-hour basis and services are based on the individual needs of each resident. Each resident, family member, and significant others shall work together with facility staff to assess what is needed to support the resident so that the resident can achieve his or her greatest capacity for living independently. The facility shall be designed to maximize the independence and self-esteem of limited-mobility persons who feel that they are no longer able to live on their own.
"Choice" means viable options created for residents to enable them to exercise greater control over their lives.
"Department" means the department of health.
"Dependent" means the resident cannot perform any part of an activity; the activity must be done entirely by someone else.
"Dietitian" means a person who is registered or eligible for registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association.
"Dignity" means providing support in such a way as to validate the self-worth of the individual. Dignity is supported by designing a residential program that delivers services in a manner which shows courtesy and respect for a resident's right to make decisions.
"Direct care staff" means an employee of an assisted living facility who is responsible and available for providing services directly to residents including assistance with activities of daily living, such as assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, money management, or recreation.
"Director" means the director of health or the director's designated representative.
"Emergency" means a life-threatening situation. It also means those conditions specific to a resident which are identified in the resident's care plan as requiring emergency care which may include behavior that poses a danger to staff or others.
"Health care services" means the provision of services in an assisted living facility that assist the individual in achieving and maintaining the highest state of positive well-being (i.e., psychological, social, physical, and spiritual) and functional status. This may include nursing assessments and the monitoring and delegation of nursing tasks by registered nurses pursuant to chapter 457, HRS, care management, records management, and coordinating basic health care and social services per residents in such settings.
"Homelike" means a type of environment which promotes the dignity, security, and comfort of residents through the provision of personalized care and services to encourage independence, choice and decision-making by each resident. A homelike environment is also supported by the use of residential building materials and furnishings.
"Independence" means supporting resident capabilities and facilitating use of their abilities.
Independence is supported by creating barrier free structures and careful design of assistive devices.
"Independent" means the resident can perform the ADL with assistance.
"Individuality" means recognizing variability in residents' needs and preferences and having flexibility to organize services in response to such needs and preferences.
"Legal representative or designee" means an attorney at law, a person holding a general power of attorney or special power of attorney for health care, guardian, conservator, or any person appointed by a court to manage the personal or financial affairs of the resident or person or agency legally responsible for the welfare or support of the resident, other than the facility.
"License" means an assisted living facility license.
"Licensed nurse" means a person who is licensed as a registered nurse in the State of Hawaii pursuant to chapter 457, HRS.
"Licensee" means the person or entity (the owners) to whom a license to operate an assisted living facility is issued and who is legally responsible for the operation of the facility.
"Managed risk" means a formal process of negotiating and developing a plan to address resident needs, decisions, or preferences to reduce the probability of a poor outcome for the resident or of putting others at risk for adverse consequences.
"Misappropriation of resident's property" means the illegal or improper use of a client's funds or property for profit or advantage.
"Modified diet" means a diet for a diabetic, a low fat diet, low sodium diet, or soft diet, or a special diet otherwise ordered by a physician.
"Neglect" means a type of action or conduct, performed without the resident's informed consent, which results in the deprivation of food, water, medication, medical services, shelter, or other services necessary to maintain minimum physical or mental health.
"Negotiated Plan of Care or Service Plan or Agreement" means a written plan for services developed with the resident or significant others and which includes a recognition of the resident's capabilities and choices. The plan defines the division of responsibility in the implementation of services and specifies measurable goals.
"Personal care" means the following two categories of activities:
(1) Activities of daily living such as ambulation, mobility, transfer and lifting, positioning and turning, bowel and bladder care, toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, exercise, and range of motion; and
(2) Instrumental activities of daily living which are directly related to the well-being of the resident such as meal preparation, bed, kitchen and bathroom cleanliness, housekeeping, laundry, essential errands, transportation, medication assistance, and maintenance of health records.
"Physician" means a person who is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy under chapter 453 or chapter 460, HRS.
"Primary care provider" means a person who is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy under chapter 453 or chapter 460, HRS, or a person who is licensed and recognized as an advanced practice registered nurse under chapter 457.
"Privacy" means a specific area or time over which the resident maintains a large degree of control. Privacy is supported with services that are delivered with respect for the resident's civil rights.
"Resident" means any person who is receiving room, board, care, and services in an assisted living facility for a fee on a 24-hour basis.
"Self-administration of medication" means the act of a resident placing medication in or on his or her own body without assistance. This means the resident manages and takes his or her own medications, the resident identifies his or her own medication, the time and manner of administration.
"Service plan" means a written plan for services developed with input from a facility staff representative, the resident or significant other (if the resident consents) and includes recognition of the resident's capabilities and choices. The plan defines the division of responsibility in the implementation of the services to be provided and specifies measurable goals. The service plan also specifies who will be responsible for providing services and when and how often care and services will be provided or arranged. The plan shall be developed at the time of admission and shall be reviewed and updated at least semi-annually or when the condition of the resident changes, or when the need arises.
"Services" means activities or care provided by the facility which assist the residents in developing appropriate skills to increase or maintain their level of functioning or which assist them in performing personal care or activities of daily living.
"Social work services" means the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities to enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and to create societal conditions favorable to their goals.
"Unlicensed assistive personnel" means an individual who is not licensed to practice nursing, but who provides tasks of nursing care in the State of Hawaii pursuant to chapter 457, HRS.
"Waiver" means an exemption from a specific rule for a duration not longer than one year which may be permitted a facility, for a specified period of time, at the discretion of the director.
Whenever the singular is used in this chapter it may include the plural.
