New dementia care regulations have been finalized and go into effect January 1, 2025. The updated regulations are intended to support person-centered care for residents and their ability to remain in RCFEs, allowing them to age in place in the least restrictive environment that they have come to know as home. You can find final regulation text by clicking here!
Updated regulations will make changes to a number of regulations including:
- Medical assessment requirements
- Integrated standards
- Management of behavioral expressions
- Modernized language
- Access to items based on individual need
- Reappraisals
- Waste containers
- And more
Program Includes: To help you stay in compliance we have developed our Demenita Care Compliance Program. This comprehensive plan includes policies on all of the following, provided in a printed binder, and flash drive.
- Policies and procedures
- Addendum plan of operations for dementia care
- Formal packet to submit to your LPA
- Staff training to meet orientation and ongoing training requirements
- Behavioral expression response plans and programming
- Program binder organized by subject
- Checklist and forms
