Areas Covered by Disclosure Requirements

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Health
  4. Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients
  5. Disclosure of Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease or Alzheimer's Related Dementia
  6. Areas Covered by Disclosure Requirements

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The disclosure required by Code Section 31-8-182 shall explain the specialized care, treatment, or therapeutic activities provided to patients, residents, or participants with Alzheimer's disease or Alzheimer's related dementia in each of the following areas:

  1. The overall philosophy and mission of the entity, facility, program, or of the instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state other than those excluded by Code Section 31-8-181 which reflects the needs of patients or residents with Alzheimer's disease or Alzheimer's related dementia;
  2. The processes for accepting patients, residents, or participants into the entity, facility, program, or into the instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state; for discharging patients, residents, or participants from the entity, facility, program, or from the instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state other than those excluded by Code Section 31-8-181; and for handling emergency situations;
  3. The processes used for defining the programs of services of that entity, facility, program, or of that instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state other than those excluded by Code Section 31-8-181, including the method by which the program of services responds to changes in the patient's, resident's, or participant's needs;
  4. Staffing, staff training, and continuing education practices;
  5. Description of the physical environment including safety and security features;
  6. The frequency and types of activities for patients, residents, or participants;
  7. The involvement of the entity, facility, program, or of the instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state other than those excluded by Code Section 31-8-181 with families and family support programs; and
  8. The charge structure of the specialized care, treatment, or therapeutic activities, including any additional fees.

(Code 1981, §31-8-183, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 841, § 1.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, a hyphen was deleted from between "Alzheimer's" and "related" in paragraph (1).


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