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100
The nursing facility shall maintain at least this minimum required number of staff to assist residents.
What is minimum direct-care-staff-to resident-ratios? one direct-care staff to every seven residents, or major fraction thereof from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; one direct-care staff to every ten residents, or major fraction thereof from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.; one direct-care staff to every seventeen residents, or major fraction thereof from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
100
A facility can only give an involuntary transfer or discharge for these reasons.
What are medical reasons, resident's safety, safety of other residents, or for non-payment?
100
A resident is entitled to private communication with only these people.
What is any person or persons of their choice?
100
This reform law requires each nursing home to care for it's residents in a manner that promotes and enhances the quality of life of each resident, ensuring dignity, choice, and self-determination.
What is the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act or OBRA'87?
100
If the resident is legally competent, it is only he/she that gives or withholds consent for care. Power of Attorney does not represent legal incompetence, only a judge can grant this appointment.
What is guardianship?
200
A facility shall retain the following report from the state department of health inspection conducted and make available for public inspection from the past three years that residents can access.
What is survey from the State Department of Health?
200
This length of time is required in advance for a written notice of transfer or discharge.
What is 30 days?
200
Every resident shall have the right to retain and use this in a nursing home.
What is personal clothing and possessions?
200
This "Act" states residents rights and responsibilities shall be posted in a conspicuous, easily accessible location in each facility. Each resident and personally appointed representative of the resident, if any, shall be verbally advised and provided a written copy prior to or upon admission to the facility. The facility must ensure staff is familiar and observes this law, and shall make available to each resident (upon reasonable request) current written statement of these rights.
What is Nursing Home Care Act?
200
Residents are required to perform these services for a facility.
What are none?
300
Nursing home staff must respect this right and inform the resident of being fully informed of and understand the consequences of such actions.
What is refuse medication and treatment?
300
This information must be provided to the resident's representative or person responsible for payment of the resident's care who is aggrieved by the facility's decision for discharge.
What is file an appeal with the Oklahoma State Department of Health?
300
Every resident shall be informed by the facility, at the time of admission, of the facility's policy regarding the provisions of these services (the facility can decide if they will provide this service and what contracted providers they will allow).
What is hospice?
300
This right is available to residents if they have a concern or complaint about the facility. The facility is required by this regulation to establish their own procedure and provide residents with information on how to contact the local ombudsman and the State Department of Health.
What is the right to file a grievance(s)?
300
This document allows another person to act on your behalf. The "principal" signs this document and the "agent" or "attorney-in-fact" is the person named to acting on your behalf. (This "springing" document could take effect when the principal is incapacitated).
What is Durable Power of Attorney?
400
This organized, self-governing, decision-making group of long-term care residents meet regularly to voice their needs and concerns and to have input into the activities, policies, and issues affecting their lives in the facility.
What is a resident council?
400
This length of time in advance notice is needed from the facility before a resident is relocate from one room to another.
What is at least forty-eight hours written notice?
400
Every resident shall have a right to participate in these activities.
What are social, religious, and community?
400
Every resident shall be free from this as defined by corporal punishment, involuntary seclusion, and from any physical and chemical restraints defined in this title in Oklahoma State Statue10-103 of Title 43A.
What is mental and physical abuse and neglect?
400
This act requires written information is provided to residents at the time of admission concerning "an individual's right under State law to make decisions concerning such medical or surgical treatment and the right to formulate advance directives.
What is The Patient Self-Determination Act?
500
If residents refuse the offered food served, the facility is required to have this available.
What is substitutes offered of similar nutritive value?
500
A nursing facility must establish and follow this written policy under which a resident was sent out to the hospital, and readmitted back to the facility. If the days in the hospital exceeds the policy's limit, the resident is immediately entitled to the first available bed in a semi-private room.
What is bed-hold policy?
500
This small amount of money is reserved each month for the resident to use for "personal" items, before nursing bill is paid.
What is Personal Needs Allowance?
500
*BONUS*The Nursing Home Care Act states only a 10-day notice is required for transfer and discharge. The federal law OBRA '87 (Nursing Home Reform Law) supersedes this state law to allow this many days of notice.
What is 30?
500
If requested by the resident this medical person can still provide care. Even if this person is not employed by the nursing facility.
What is personal attending physician?
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