Memory Care in District Of Columbia

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DC Health licenses and regulates memory care facilities in Washington, D.C. The district licenses both memory care facilities and assisted living facilities as Assisted Living Residences (ALRs).^[01] ALRs in Washington, D.C. are permitted to provide memory care services to seniors with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia.

To remain licensed, memory care communities in Washington, D.C. must have standards in place to protect residents’ healthy, safety, and welfare. Some specific ALR regulations are listed below.^[02]

Resident admission requirements

• Residents must go through an initial assessment to assess their medical, rehabilitation, and psychosocial needs. Communities must develop an individualized service plan (ISP) using this assessment.
• Residents must require at least a minimal level of assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) provided by the facility.

Memory care resident rights

• Assisted living and memory care communities must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice and rights.
• Residents have the right to organize and participate in resident groups in the community.
• Residents are allowed to invite staff or visitors, including family and friends interested in the residents’ well-being, to resident group meetings.

Policies and procedures for memory care facilities

• Communities must develop a medication management, administration, and storage policy.
• Communities must create a procedure to reevaluate individualized service plans on a regular basis to revise in case of residents’ changing needs.
• Communities must have private duty nurses, aides, and other health care professionals on-site.
• Communities must have policies in place for infection control, emergency preparedness, visitation rights, complaint process, and resident falls.

Washington, D.C. Department of Health contact information

DC Health

2201 Shannon Place SE
Washington, DC 20020

Phone: 202-442-5955

Email: doh@dc.gov

Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

How to find Washington, D.C. memory care facility inspection reports

Washington, D.C. memory care communities, legally referred to as Assisted Living Residences, are inspected before licensure and six months after initial licensure. Thereafter, inspections are conducted annually when it’s time to renew their ALR license. Communities are also subject to inspection should they receive complaints alleging any violations.^[02]

To find specific inspection reports, search for licensed assisted living and memory care facilities by name on DC Health’s list of assisted living survey reports. On each report, you’ll find the most recent inspection date, violations found, corrections made, and more.