Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 76865 - Developmental Program Services-Health, Hygiene and Grooming
(a) Each client shall be encouraged and
assisted to achieve and maintain maximum independence in health, hygiene and
grooming including bathing, brushing teeth, shampooing, combing and brushing
hair, shaving, dressing, undressing and caring for toenails and
fingernails.
(b) Each client shall
exhibit good personal hygiene and grooming and shall be free of offensive
odors.
(c) Each client shall have
and use only his or her own personal toilet articles.
(d) Each client shall have neat, clean,
suitable, age appropriate and seasonable clothing to meet his or her
needs.
(e) Clients shall have their
own clothing which is properly and inconspicuously marked when
necessary.
(f) Clients shall be
dressed daily in their own clothing, suitable to the activities in which they
are participating.
(g) Clients
shall be taught and encouraged as appropriate to:
(1) Select their daily clothing.
(2) Dress themselves.
(3) Change their clothes to suit the
activities in which they participate.
(h) Each client upon admission shall be given
orientation to the facility and the facility's services and staff.
(i) Each client shall be weighed at least
monthly.
(j) Each client's height
shall be measured at least quarterly until the client achieves maximum
growth.
(k) The client shall be
trained to use dentures, eyeglasses, hearing aids and braces, when these are
prescribed. Provisions shall be made to identify and maintain these items in
good repair and to make them available to the client.
(l) When indicated, each client's individual
service plan shall include measures to prevent the development of decubitus
ulcers, contractures and deformities. If contractures and deformities are
present, the client's individual service plan shall specify treatment measures.
These measures shall be implemented as written. Preventive and treatment
measures shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Mobilizing programs.
(2) Changing of position of bedfast and
chairfast clients.
(3) Preventive
skin care.
(4) Body alignment and
joint movement.
(5) Pressure
relieving devices.
(m)
The facility shall not admit or retain clients with decubitus ulcers.
(n) Measures shall be used to prevent and
reduce incontinence for each client who does not eliminate appropriately and
independently and shall include:
(1) Written
assessment within one month of admission of each client's ability to
participate in a bowel and bladder management training program.
(2) An individual plan for each client
selected for bladder and bowel training.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208.4 and 1267.7, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1276, Health and Safety Code.
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