New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 36 - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCES, COMPREHENSIVE PERSONAL CARE HOMES, AND ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAMS
Subchapter 13A - SOCIAL ISOLATION PREVENTION
Section 8:36-13A.4 - Requirements for residents with disabilities that impede communication

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 8:36-13A.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The social isolation prevention policies and procedures adopted and implemented by each facility are to include protocols and procedures that provide for residents of the facility who have disabilities that impede their ability to communicate, to be given access to assistive and supportive technology, as may be necessary, to facilitate the residents' engagement in face-to-face or verbal/auditory-based contact, communications, and religious and recreational activities with other residents, family members, friends, and other external support systems, through electronic means, including, but not limited to, residents who are:

1. Blind;

2. Deaf;

3. Deaf-blind;

4. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias; or

5. Diagnosed with developmental disabilities.

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