Current through September 21, 2024
(a) It is the
policy of the VHW and WVSNF to provide a comfortable living environment for our
residents. The facility will initiate discharge planning for residents who may
be discharge under one of the following conditions:
(i) The resident desires to leave the
facility and transfer somewhere else;
(ii) The resident imposes an imminent danger
to self and/or others;
(iii)
Resident is asked to leave for violation of facility's rules, regulations, or
policies; or
(iv) There is a change
in the resident's level of care.
(b) Residents shall receive a thirty (30) day
written notice prior to any facility initiated transfer or discharge, unless
the resident imposes an imminent danger to self and/or others or the resident's
level of care exceeds that which can be provided by an assisted
living/domiciliary licensure.
(c)
Residents may be asked to leave for the following reasons:
(i) The facility has had its license revoked,
not renewed, or voluntarily surrendered;
(ii) The facility cannot meet the resident's
needs;
(iii) The resident or
responsible person has a documented established pattern, in the facility, of
not abiding by agreements necessary for our facility;
(iv) Non-payment of charges;
(v) The resident engages in behavior which
imposes an imminent danger to self and/or others; or
(vi) For any other reason the facility deems
necessary.
(d) Residents
shall have the right to object to the notice to leave, except where undue delay
might jeopardize the health, safety, or well-being of the resident or others.
(i) Residents who object to the notice to
leave the facility shall be given the opportunity of an informal conference.
(A) This informal conference must be
requested within ten (10) days of the resident's notice to leave the
facility.
(B) The purpose of the
conference is to determine if a satisfactory resolution can be
reached.
(C) Participants in the
conference may include a facility representative, the resident, and at the
resident's request, a family member, and/or legal representative of the
resident, and the Long Term Care Ombudsman along with the facility
administrator and social worker.
(D) The informal conference is not considered
to be an administrative hearing.
(e) Residents transferred to another health
care facility shall be given written transfer/discharge notice which include:
(i) The name of the resident;
(ii) The reason for the
transfer/discharge;
(iii) The
effective date of the transfer/discharge;
(iv) The location to which the resident is
transferred/discharged;
(v) The
name, address, and telephone number of the Ombudsman; and
(vi) A listing of all outside contracted
services.
(f) The
facility shall provide sufficient preparation and orientation to residents to
ensure an orderly transfer/discharge from the facility.
(g) The primary care provider will write a
note of discharge which will be kept in the resident's medical record
concerning the discharge.
