Ohio Admin. Code 3701-17-09 - Resident life enrichment
(A)
All nursing homes
shall provide a comprehensive activity program designed to meet the physical,
mental, emotional, psycho-social well-being and personal interests of each
resident. Activities shall be provided based on the needs and preferences of
each resident as identified on their comprehensive assessment and care plan
required by rules
3701-17-10 and
3701-17-14 of the Administrative
Code, respectively, and needs and preferences identified during resident's time
in the home. Activities shall be implemented and adjusted based on resident
input and residents' changes in abilities, physical and mental status.
Activities shall be scheduled for day time, week end, evening, and include the
community to the extent possible.
(B)
All nursing homes
shall provide social services to:
(1)
Meet the medically-related social service needs of each
resident;
(2)
Meet the physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being
of each resident; and
(3)
Assist each resident in attaining or maintaining the
highest practicable level of functioning.
(C)
Residents may
receive visitors of their choice at any time. The nursing home may establish
reasonable policies to ensure that visits will not unduly disturb other
residents or interfere with the operation of the home and shall provide or
arrange for private space for visitation.
(D)
Residents may
keep pets if allowed by facility policy. If a nursing home allows residents to
keep animals or pets, or has facility pets, the nursing home shall, in
consultation with the medical director and a veterinarian licensed to practice
veterinary medicine under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code, develop and
implement a written protocol regarding animals and pets that protects the
health and safety and rights of residents. At minimum, the written protocol
shall include:
(1)
An annual physical examination, including an
examination for internal and external parasites;
(2)
Vaccinations for
common infectious agents, including rabies;
(3)
Any other
preventive care necessary to protect the health, safety and rights of
residents;
(4)
Procedure to follow if an animal:
(a)
Bites a person;
or
(b)
Becomes ill or injured;
(5)
For resident
pets, if the resident is transfered, discharged or otherwise unable to care for
the pet, responsibilities for care of the pet until a family member or sponsor
can retrieve the pet;
(6)
In the case of a facility pet, the name of the
designated member or members of the staff responsible for the care of the
animal and for maintaining the protocol, including medical records for the
animal; and
(7)
An evaluation of the medical needs of
residents.
(E)
Residents shall have reasonable access to various
methods of communication. The administrator shall ensure that:
(1)
Each resident
receives all mail, telegrams, or other communications addressed to the resident
unopened and unread immediately upon receipt at the nursing home, and opened
and read to the resident after delivery if the resident so
requests.;
(2)
Each resident's outgoing mail shall be delivered
unopened and unread to the regular postal channels promptly upon its receipt
from the resident except when there is no regularly scheduled postal delivery
or pick-up service in which case it shall be placed into the next regularly
scheduled delivery or pick-up. The nursing home shall assist a resident in
writing a letter or have a letter written for him or her if the resident so
requests;
(3)
Each resident has access to telephone services that
meets the needs of the resident in an area where calls can be made without
being overheard; and
(4)
Each resident can use his or her cellular phone,
computer, or other technological device unless the use of that device is not
medically advisable or is disruptive to other residents or the safe and orderly
operation of the home.
Replaces: 3701-17-09
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3721.04
Rule Amplifies: 3721.04
Prior Effective Dates: 5/2/1966, 12/21/92, 10/20/01, 4/1/12
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