Section 340.1570 Personal Care

Section 340

Section 340.1570  Personal

Care

a)         Personal care, as defined in Section 340.1000, shall be

provided on a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis, as needed by the resident.  This

shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

1)         Each resident shall have proper daily personal attention, including

skin, nails, hair, and oral hygiene, in addition to any treatment ordered by

the physician.

2)         Each resident shall have at least one complete bath and

shampoo weekly and as many additional baths and shampoos as necessary for

satisfactory personal hygiene.

3)         Each resident shall have clean suitable clothing in order to

be comfortable, sanitary, free of odors, and decent in appearance.  Unless

otherwise indicated by their physician, this should be street clothes and

shoes.

4)         Each resident shall have clean bed linens at least once weekly

and more often if necessary.

b)

If clothing is provided to the resident by the facility it

shall be of proper fit.

(Section 2-103 of the Act)