HAR §11-99-61
HAR §11-99-61. the unit on a daily basis
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 11-99-61
(b)
The facility staff shall participate in
appropriate activities relating to the care and
development of the residents including training in
activities of daily living and the development of self
help and social skills.
(c)
The facility staff shall provide at least the
following:
(1)
Supportive services to enable residents to
participate fully in appropriate daily
activities.
(2)
Physical care and assistance to keep residents
clean, comfortable, well-groomed, and
protected free from accidents and infections.
(3)
Necessary assistance to ensure that residents
are appropriately dressed in their own
clothes.
(4)
Weighing of each resident at least monthly.
(5)
Regular documentation in the resident's record
of each resident's participation and progress
in activities carried out with the supervision
or assistance of facility staff.
(d)
Restraints shall be used only under a
physician's orders for specified and limited periods of
time and so documented and shall be used only when
resident is imminently dangerous to self or others.
(1)
If they are used in an emergency situation the
attending physician shall be contacted
immediately for orders affirming the temporary
need and the orders shall be reduced to
writing within twenty-four hours.
(2)
Regular observation and release of a resident
shall be required while restraints are in use.
(3)
No restraints with locking devices shall be
used.
(4)
There shall be written policies and procedures
governing the use of restraints.
(5)
Under no circumstances will residents in
restraints be left for a period of time in a
facility without the presence of another
person who is fully capable of caring for them
in the event of an emergency.
(e)
Sufficient and appropriately qualified
§11-99-62
facility staff shall be available on the
premises at all times that residents are
present. At least one member of the staff
shall always be readily accessible and able to
care for a resident who is away from the
premises but needs to return to the facility.
[Eff. April 29, 1985] (Auth: HRS §§321-9,
321-10, 321-11, 333-53) (Imp: HRS §333-53)