WAC 388-78A-2120. Monitoring residents' well-being

The assisted living facility must: (1) Observe each resident consistent with his or her assessed needs and negotiated service agreement; (2) Identify any changes in the resident's physical, emotional, and mental functioning that are a: (a) Departure from the resident's customary range of functioning; or (b) Recurring condition in a resident's physical, emotional, or mental functioning that has previously required intervention by others. (3) Evaluate, in order to determine if there is a need for further action: (a) The changes identified in the resident per subsection (2) of this section; and (b) Each resident when an accident or incident that is likely to adversely affect the resident's well-being, is observed by or reported to staff persons. (4) Take appropriate action in response to each resident's changing needs.