3701-16-20 Laundry services; activities; resident property.

(A) A community alternative home shall launder or arrange for the laundering of all clothing and bed and bath linen for residents who require laundry services. The home may provide a washer and dryer in the home for residents’ use or may provide transportation to and from a laundromat. Any laundry soiled with blood or body fluids shall be placed and transported in bags that prevent leakage. Normal laundry cycles should be used according to the washer and detergent manufacturers’ recommendations. Clothes than cannot be washed may be drycleaned.

(B) Each community alternative home shall encourage residents to participate in social, recreational, and leisure activities. The facility shall provide at least all of the following:

(1) One local daily newspaper or current community activity brochures and advertisements;

(2) Transportation or information about the availability of transportation to community activities; and

(3) An opportunity for residents to engage in a variety of activities within the home. These activities may include, but shall not be limited to, television, crafts, reading, or games.

(C) A community alternative home shall not coerce, induce, or prompt a resident to assign, transfer, give, or sign over to the home money, valuables, insurance benefits, property, or anything of value other than payment for services rendered by the home.

(1) If a resident or his or her legal representative requests that the home manage the resident’s funds and the home agrees to do so, the home shall deposit any amount of money in excess of two hundred dollars in an interest-bearing account separate from the home’s operating accounts. A resident’s money amounting to two hundred dollars or less may be kept either in a petty cash fund or in an interest-bearing account for the resident. Interest shall be credited to the resident. Residents shall have access to their money at all times and shall be encouraged to manage their own money independently.

(2) A resident’s valuables, other than money, given to the home for safekeeping shall be kept in a separate envelope or container marked with the resident’s name and shall be safeguarded against loss or theft. The resident shall have access to the valuables at all reasonable times.

(3) If the home takes responsibility for a resident’s money or other valuables, the home shall provide the resident, upon request, or at least quarterly, with a written statement regarding the status of his or her property. The home shall provide a resident with a final accounting and return all of the resident’s property to him or her at the time of permanent transfer or discharge. Upon the death of a resident, the home shall return all of the resident’s property to the individual administering the resident’s estate.

(4) No operator, residence manager, or caregiver shall be the legal guardian of a resident, unless the individual was appointed guardian prior to the effective date of this rule, or hold a power of attorney for a resident.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/20/2004 and 01/15/2009

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3724.05(F)

Rule Amplifies: 3724.07(B)(4)

Prior Effective Dates: 11/27/94, 11/27/88 (emer.)