New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter V - Medical Facilities › Subchapter C - State Hospital Code › Article 2 - Medical Facility Construction › Part 717 - Standards of Construction for New Hospice Facilities and Units › Section 717.4 - Functional areas in hospice residences

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) A hospice
					 residence shall be residential in character and physical structure, and shall
					 not be located in a facility under article 28 of the Public Health Law. The
					 physical layout shall be designed to accommodate the functional and operational
					 program for the facility. All residents shall be provided opportunities for
					 individual privacy, and all resident areas shall be designed to accommodate the
					 physically disabled.
(b) Each
					 hospice residence shall comply with the following standards:
(1) The maximum bedroom capacity shall be one
					 resident.
(2) Each resident bedroom
					 shall be of sufficient size to accommodate wheelchair access to all functional
					 areas of the room. All necessary equipment and accessories for daily living
					 shall be residential in scale and appropriate for care of the
					 resident.
(3) Common space(s)
					 adequate to accommodate staff, residents, family members and other visitors,
					 shall be provided for congregate meals, recreational, religious and social
					 activities.
(4) Provisions for the
					 preparation and serving of meals shall be conveniently located. Such
					 dietary/kitchen facilities shall be available for use by staff, residents,
					 family members and other visitors.
(5) Private areas shall be provided to
					 accommodate visitation by family members and others.
(6) A hospice residence may be approved to
					 operate a maximum of 25 percent of its total residence capacity as dually
					 certified beds at any given time, which beds may be used alternately for the
					 provision of residential hospice care and inpatient hospice care, provided
					 there is existing hospice inpatient bed need remaining in the county where the
					 residence shall be located. Inpatient care shall be provided, as needed, to
					 patients residing in the residence to ensure continuity of care and avoid
					 transfer to an inpatient facility or unit. Patients shall be admitted directly
					 from the community into a dually certified bed for inpatient care only when
					 such patients shall continue to reside in the residence to receive routine home
					 care following cessation of inpatient care. First priority for inpatient care
					 in a dually certified bed shall be given to patients already residing in the
					 residence. Should a dually certified bed be unavailable to an existing resident
					 due to a community admission, the community admission shall be tranferred to
					 another inpatient facility.
(7) A
					 hospice residence shall not be combined with a hospice inpatient unit. The
					 hospice residence shall be separate and distinct from an inpatient unit, and
					 physically separated by walls, doors or other physical structures. The
					 inpatient unit and the hospice residence, when adjacent to each other, shall
					 have separate entrances onto each unit, but may share a common exterior main
					 entrance and common areas for meals, family interactions, and spiritual and
					 recreational activities.