(1) If a facility intends to provide care for patients or residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia by means of an Alzheimer’s care unit, the facility must obtain a special indorsement on its license or registration.
(2) The Department of Human Services, with the input from representatives of advocate groups and the long term care industry, shall adopt by rule standards that ensure that the special needs of any Alzheimer’s patient or resident who is cared for in a special unit are met and that quality care is provided. The standards must include but are not limited to provisions for:
(a) Care planning, including physical design, staffing, staff training, safety, egress control, individual care planning, admission policy, family involvement, therapeutic activities and social services;
(b) Continuity of basic care requirements; and
(c) Marketing and advertising of the availability of and services from Alzheimer’s care units.
(3) The department shall adopt a fee schedule for indorsement, taking into account the type of facility and the number of patients and residents.
(4) The department shall enforce rules adopted under subsection (2) of this section and shall allow a licensee or registrant to retain the special indorsement required to care for patients and residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia only so long as the licensee or registrant complies with the rules.
(5) The special indorsement may be suspended or revoked in the same manner as the license or registration is suspended or revoked.
(6) Unless a facility has obtained the indorsement required by subsection (1) of this section, the facility shall not:
(a) Advertise the facility as providing an Alzheimer’s care unit; or
(b) Market the facility as providing an Alzheimer’s care unit.
(7) As used in this section:
(a) “Alzheimer’s care unit” means a special care unit in a designated, separated area for patients and residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia that is locked, segregated or secured to prevent or limit access by a patient or resident outside the designated or separated area.
(b) “Facility” means a nursing home, residential care facility, assisted living facility or any other like facility required to be licensed by the department.
(c) “Registry” means a facility will provide the department with information relating to the Alzheimer’s care unit including the number of residents in the unit, stage of dementia for each resident, description of how services are provided, and length of time the unit has been operating. [1991 c.416 §2; 2001 c.900 §193; 2005 c.22 §312]
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