Section 388-106-0033 - When may I receive services in a facility contracted to provide specialized dementia care services?(1) You may be eligible to receive services in a licensed assisted living facility that has DSHS "enhanced adult residential care-specialized dementia care ("EARC-SDC")," which is defined in WAC 388-110-220. You may be eligible to receive EARC-SDC services in a licensed assisted living facility under the following circumstances: (a) You are enrolled in CFC, as defined in WAC 388-106-0015;(b) The department has received written or verbal confirmation from a health care practitioner that you have an irreversible dementia (such as Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct or vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, Pick's disease, alcohol-related dementia);(c) You are receiving services in an assisted living facility that has a current EARC-SDC contract, and you are living in the part of the facility that is covered by the contract;(d) The department has authorized you to receive EARC-SDC services in the assisted living facility; and(e) You are assessed by the comprehensive assessment reporting evaluation tool ("CARE") as having a cognitive performance scale score of 3 or more; and any one or more of the following: (i) An unmet need for assistance with the activity of daily living (ADL) of eating as defined in WAC 388-106-0010;(ii) Inappropriate toileting menses activities;(iii) Rummages/takes belongings of others;(iv) Disrupts household at night when others are sleeping and requires intervention(s);(v) Wanders/exit seeking;(vi) Wanders/not exit seeking;(vii) Left home and gotten lost;(viii) Inappropriate spitting;(ix) Inappropriate nakedness;(x) Eats nonedible substances/objects (Pica)(per-sistent for at least a month);(xiv) Assaultive (not during personal care);(xv) Breaks, throws items;(xvi) Combative during personal care;(xvii) Easily irritable/agitated requiring intervention;(xviii) Obsessive regarding own health or body functions;(xix) Repetitive movement/pacing;(xx) Unrealistic fears or suspicions;(xxi) Nonhealth related repetitive anxious complaints/ questions;(xxii) Resistive to care with words/gestures (does not include informed choice);(xxiii) Verbally abusive;(xxiv) Yelling/screaming;(xxv) Inappropriate verbal noises; or(xxvi) Accuses others of stealing.Wash. Admin. Code § 388-106-0033
Adopted by WSR 14-02-094, filed 12/31/13, effective 2/1/2014Amended by WSR 14-15-071, Filed 7/15/2014, effective 8/15/2014Amended by WSR 16-04-020, Filed 1/22/2016, effective 2/22/2016Amended by WSR 20-23-124, Filed 11/18/2020, effective 12/19/2020Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.