Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 111 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH › Chapter 111-8 - HEALTHCARE FACILITY REGULATION › Subject 111-8-63 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITIES › Rule 111-8-63-.12 - Community Furnishings

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The assisted living community must
				provide furnishings throughout the assisted living community for the use of the
				residents that are maintained in good condition, intact, and
				functional.
(2) The assisted living
				community must provide a name plate, or other identification, outside the
				resident's bedroom or personal living space that marks the area as the personal
				living space of the particular resident(s), unless the resident specifically
				requests no identification markers to be used.
(3) Each resident's bedroom or private living
				space must have an adequate closet or wardrobe.
(4) Each resident's bedroom or private living
				space must have working lighting fixtures sufficient for reading and other
				resident activities.
(5) If the
				community provides the furnishings, each resident's bedroom or private living
				space must have a bureau or dresser or the equivalent and at least one
				comfortable chair per resident in each bedroom or private living
				space.
(6) Each resident bedroom
				must have a mirror appropriate for grooming unless the resident or resident's
				representative explicitly requests to have the mirror removed.
(7) Each resident's bedroom or private living
				space must have a waste basket unless the resident or resident's representative
				specifically requests to have it removed.
(8) The assisted living community must allow
				the resident to personalize the bedroom or private living space as the resident
				chooses by permitting the resident to use personal furniture so long as such
				furnishings do not pose a threat to the health or safety of the other
				residents. The assisted living community must provide the resident with
				assistance in mounting or hanging pictures on bedroom walls.
(9) Each resident must have an individual bed
				which is at least 36-inches wide and 72-inches long with comfortable springs
				and mattress, clean and in good condition. Where a particular resident is very
				tall, the assisted living community must provide an extra-long mattress. The
				mattress must not be less than five-inches thick, or four-inches, if of a
				synthetic construction. Roll-a-ways, cots, double-decks, stacked bunks,
				hide-a-beds and studio couches are not to be provided by the assisted living
				community in lieu of standard beds. However, residents who prefer to furnish
				their own living units may choose to use different-sized beds in lieu of
				standard twin-size beds.
(10) The
				assisted living community must make available for each resident who requires
				linen service an adequate supply of clean linens which includes, at a minimum,
				two sheets, pillow, pillowcase, blanket, bedspread, towels and wash cloth. If
				the resident requires more blankets for comfort, the assisted living community
				must provide them.
(11) The
				assisted living community must change and launder linens for each resident at
				least weekly or more often unless the resident specifically declines the linen
				service. Whether or not the resident declines linen services, the assisted
				living community must maintain an adequate supply of spare linens on hand to
				accommodate the needs of the residents.
(12) At least one current calendar and
				working clock must be placed in the common living area of each assisted living
				community.
O.C.G.A. §§
										31-2-7,
				  31-2-8, and
				  31-7-1
et
				  seq.