6 Pa. Code § 21.91 - Client rights
A client residing in a domiciliary care home shall be afforded the following basic rights:
(1) The client may not be restricted in the
right to leave and return to the domiciliary care home at reasonable times
consistent with the house rules developed under §
21.55(m) (relating
to AAA placement activities).
(2)
The client shall have the right to attend and participate in the religious
activities of the client's choice or to abstain from religious practice, and
shall have the right to be free from the imposition of the religious practices
of others.
(3) The client shall be
free to receive visitors at times mutually-agreed upon by the client and
provider.
(4) The client shall have
access to a telephone in the domiciliary care home and may make local calls, in
reasonable privacy, without charge. The client shall be allowed to make
arrangements for payment of toll calls.
(5) The client shall have access to the
United States mails, may write and send uncensored mail at the client's own
expense, and receive, unopened, mail addressed to the client.
(6) The client shall be free to voice
grievances and recommend changes in the policies and services of the
domiciliary care provider during periodic updates of the house rules.
(7) The client shall be allowed to keep in
the client's room personal possessions including, but not limited to, radios,
pictures, plants, cards, photographs, rockers, footstools and chairs.
(8) The client shall have the right to
privacy in all aspects of daily living, including visual privacy in the
bathroom and in intimate personal hygiene.
(9) The client shall have the right to a diet
consistent with religious or health restrictions.
(10) The client shall have the right to be
treated in a courteous manner by the provider and staff of the domiciliary care
home.
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