Ambulation route on a dementia care unit in a new building or addition.
The nursing home must ensure that the dementia care unit has a continuous ambulation route which may include outdoor ambulation areas and allows the resident to return to the resident's starting point without reversing direction.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.51 and 74.42 RCW and 42 C.F.R. 489.52. WSR 08-20-062, § 388-97-2880, filed 9/24/08, effective 11/1/08.]