| (a) Manager qualifications. Each facility must designate,
in writing, a manager to have authority over the operation.
(1) Qualifications. In small facilities, the manager
must have proof of graduation from an accredited high school or certification
of equivalency of graduation. In large facilities, a manager must
have:
(A) an associate's degree in nursing, health care management,
or a related field;
(B) a bachelor's degree; or
(C) proof of graduation from an accredited high school
or certification of equivalency of graduation and at least one year
of experience working in management or in health care industry management.
(2) Training in management of assisted living facilities.
A manager must complete at least one educational course on the management
of assisted living facilities, which must include information on the
assisted living standards; resident characteristics (including dementia),
resident assessment and skills working with residents; basic principles
of management; food and nutrition services; federal laws, with an
emphasis on accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities
Act; community resources; ethics, and financial management.
(A) The course must be at least 24 hours in length.
(i) A manager must complete eight hours of training
on the assisted living standards within the first three months of
employment.
(ii) The 24-hour training requirement may not be met
through in-services at the facility, but may be met through structured,
formalized classes, correspondence courses, training videos, distance
learning programs, or off-site training courses. All training must
be provided or produced by academic institutions, assisted living
corporations, or recognized state or national organizations or associations.
Subject matter that deals with the internal affairs of an organization
will not qualify for credit.
(iii) Evidence of training must be on file at the facility
and must contain documentation of content, hours, dates, and provider.
(B) A manager who can show documentation of a previously
completed comparable course of study are exempt from the training
requirements.
(C) A manager must complete the training required by
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph, as applicable, by the first
anniversary of employment as manager.
(D) An assisted living manager who was employed by
a licensed assisted living facility as the manager and changes employment
to another licensed assisted living facility as the manager, with
a break in employment of no longer than 30 days, is exempt from the
24-hour training requirement.
(3) Continuing education. All managers must show evidence
of 12 hours of annual continuing education. This requirement will
be met during the first year of employment by the 24-hour assisted
living management course. The annual continuing education requirement
must include at least two of the following areas:
(A) resident and provider rights and responsibilities,
abuse and neglect, and confidentiality;
(B) basic principles of management;
(C) skills for working with residents, families, and
other professional service providers;
(D) resident characteristics and needs;
(E) community resources;
(F) accounting and budgeting;
(G) basic emergency first aid; or
(H) federal laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993;
and the Fair Housing Act, as amended.
(4) Manager's responsibilities. The manager must be
on duty 40 hours per week and may manage only one facility, except
for managers of small Type A facilities, who may have responsibility
for no more than 16 residents in no more than four facilities. The
managers of small Type A facilities must be available by telephone
or pager when conducting facility business off-site.
(5) Manager's absence. An employee competent and authorized
to act in the absence of the manager must be designated in writing.
(b) Attendants. Full-time facility attendants must
be at least 18 years old or a high-school graduate.
(1) An attendant must be in the facility at all times
when residents are in the facility.
(2) Attendants are not precluded from performing other
functions as required by the facility.
(c) Staffing.
(1) A facility must develop and implement staffing
policies, which require staffing ratios based upon the needs of the
residents, as identified in their service plans.
(2) Prior to admission, a facility must disclose, to
prospective residents and their families, the facility's normal 24-hour
staffing pattern and post it monthly in accordance with §553.271
of this subchapter (relating to Postings).
(3) A facility must have sufficient staff to:
(A) maintain order, safety, and cleanliness;
(B) assist with medication regimens;
(C) prepare and serve meals that meet the daily nutritional
and special dietary needs of each resident, in accordance with each
resident's service plan;
(D) assist with laundry;
(E) assure that each resident receives the kind and
amount of supervision and care required to meet his basic needs; and
(F) ensure safe evacuation of the facility in the event
of an emergency.
(4) A facility must meet the staffing requirements
described in this subparagraph.
(A) Type A facility: Night shift staff in a small facility
must be immediately available. In a large facility, the staff must
be immediately available and awake.
(B) Type B facility: Night shift staff must be immediately
available and awake, regardless of the number of licensed beds.
(d) Staff training. The facility must document that
staff members are competent to provide personal care before assuming
responsibilities and have received the following training.
(1) All staff members must complete four hours of orientation
before assuming any job responsibilities. Training must cover, at
a minimum, the following topics:
(A) reporting of abuse and neglect;
(B) confidentiality of resident information;
(C) universal precautions;
(D) conditions about which they should notify the facility
manager;
(E) residents' rights; and
(F) emergency and evacuation procedures.
(2) Attendants must complete 16 hours of on-the-job
supervision and training within the first 16 hours of employment following
orientation. Training must include:
(A) providing assistance with the activities of daily
living;
(B) resident's health conditions and how they may affect
provision of tasks;
(C) safety measures to prevent accidents and injuries;
(D) emergency first aid procedures, such as the Heimlich
maneuver and actions to take when a resident falls, suffers a laceration,
or experiences a sudden change in physical or mental status;
(E) managing disruptive behavior;
(F) behavior management, for example, prevention of
aggressive behavior and de-escalation techniques, practices to decrease
the frequency of the use of restraint, and alternatives to restraints;
and
(G) fall prevention.
(3) Direct care staff must complete six documented
hours of education annually, based on each employee's hire date. Staff
must complete one hour of annual training in fall prevention and one
hour of training in behavior management, for example, prevention of
aggressive behavior and de-escalation techniques, practices to decrease
the frequency of the use of restraint, and alternatives to restraints.
Training for these subjects must be competency-based. Subject matter
must address the unique needs of the facility. Suggested topics include:
(A) promoting resident dignity, independence, individuality,
privacy, and choice;
(B) resident rights and principles of self-determination;
(C) communication techniques for working with residents
with hearing, visual, or cognitive impairment;
(D) communicating with families and other persons interested
in the resident;
(E) common physical, psychological, social, and emotional
conditions and how these conditions affect residents' care;
(F) essential facts about common physical and mental
disorders, for example, arthritis, cancer, dementia, depression, heart
and lung diseases, sensory problems, or stroke;
(G) cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
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