(1) Prior to independently working with residents, assisted living community staff and management shall receive orientation education addressing the following topics, with emphasis on those most applicable to the employee’s assigned duties:
(a) Resident rights;
(b) Community policies; (c) Adult first aid;
(d) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation unless the policies of the assisted living community state that this procedure is not initiated by its staff, and that residents and prospective residents are informed of the policies;
(e) Adult abuse and neglect;
(f) Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia; (g) Emergency procedures;
(h) Aging process;
(i) Assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living;
(j) Particular needs or conditions if the assisted living community markets itself as providing special programming, staffing, or training on behalf of residents with particular needs or conditions; and
(k) Assistance with self-administration of medication.
(2) Assisted living community staff and management shall receive annual in-service education applicable to their assigned duties that addresses no fewer than four (4) of the topics listed in subsection (1) of this section, one (1) of which shall be Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 10, effective July 14, 2022. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2010. — Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch.
141, sec. 10, effective July 14, 2000.