Resident Rights and Dignity Flashcards

Under resident rights regulations, a resident's right to privacy during personal care means:

Answer: Staff must ensure doors are closed and the resident is draped appropriately during care

Residents have the right to privacy during personal care, treatment, and bathing, which requires appropriate draping and ensuring doors or curtains are closed.

A resident wants to send and receive personal mail without interference. Under CMS regulations, the facility:

Answer: Must permit the resident to send and receive mail unopened

Residents have the right to send and receive personal mail unopened, and facilities cannot interfere with this communication.

When a surveyor observes that a nursing home posts a resident's care schedule on their room door without consent, this is most likely a violation of the resident's right to:

Answer: Privacy and confidentiality of personal and clinical records

Publicly posting personal care information without consent violates the resident's right to privacy and confidentiality of their records.

A resident asks to use the telephone in private. The facility's only phone is in the nurses' station where staff work. The facility should:

Answer: Provide reasonable accommodations for private telephone access

Residents have the right to private telephone communication, and facilities must make reasonable accommodations to facilitate this.

Under OBRA regulations, which of the following best describes a resident's right to receive visitors?

Answer: Residents have the right to receive visitors of their choice at any time, subject to reasonable clinical restrictions

Residents have the right to receive visitors of their choosing, and facilities may only impose reasonable, clinically justified restrictions.

A resident shares information with a social worker about concerns with their care. The social worker discloses this information to other residents during a group meeting. This violates the resident's right to:

Answer: Confidentiality of personal information

Disclosing a resident's private concerns to others without consent violates confidentiality protections under resident rights regulations.

Regarding a resident's right to share a room with a spouse, CMS regulations state that:

Answer: Spouses who are both residents of the same facility have the right to share a room if they choose

Residents who are married and both reside in the same nursing facility have the regulatory right to share a room if they both consent.