7 AAC 74.010 - Quality and levels of service
(a) It is the
policy of the department that a pioneers' home will provide a safe and sanitary
environment. Each resident or recipient will be treated with consideration and
respect for personal dignity, individuality, and the need for privacy. Each
resident will receive a lifestyle assessment that identifies the appropriate
service level in (c) of this section and is further specified in each
resident's assisted living plan. A pioneers' home will make reasonable efforts
to provide the proper service level to residents who require the same or a
different service level after being admitted. However, a pioneers' home cannot
guarantee that all service levels described in (c) of this section will be
available to every resident. Availability of service levels is subject to the
funding, facilities, and staff that are available at each pioneers'
home.
(b) A pioneers' home is
neither an acute care facility nor a skilled nursing facility. A pioneers' home
is an assisted living facility, operating in accordance with the statutes and
regulations pertaining to assisted living homes. If a resident requires
services not normally provided by a pioneers' home, the resident will be
referred to another appropriate health care facility until the resident is able
to return to the pioneers' home.
(c) The service levels provided at a
pioneers' home are as follows:
(1) level I
services include housing, meals, emergency assistance, opportunities for
recreation, and required transportation for recreation; the resident is
independent in activities of daily living;
(2) level II services include level I
services, medication management, and assistance with up to two activities of
daily living; during the night shift, the resident is independent in performing
activities of daily living and capable of self-supervision;
(3) level III services include
(A) level I services, medication management,
and one of the following:
(i) assistance with
up to four activities of daily living;
(ii) assistance with up to two activities of
daily living and behavior management, excluding complex behaviors; or
(iii) assistance with up to two activities of
daily living and nursing services as described in
AS
47.33.020; and
(B) during the night shift, assistance with
activities of daily living, limited to an average of two times per
week;
(4) level IV
services include level I services, medication management, assistance with five
or more activities of daily living, behavior management, excluding complex
behaviors, and nursing services as described in
AS
47.33.020; services will be provided 24 hours
a day;
(5) level V services include
all services that exceed level IV services;
(6) day services include services provided in
a pioneers' home to a recipient who requires services for up to eight hours a
day between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., including meals scheduled during the
period the recipient is receiving day services;
(7) respite services include room and board
provided in a pioneers' home to a recipient who requires services for up to 14
consecutive days, 24 hours a day.
Notes
Authority:AS 47.55.010
AS 47.55.020
AS 47.55.030
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