Section DHS 132.68 - Social services(1) PROVISION OF SERVICES. Each facility shall provide for social services in conformance with this section.(2) STAFF. Social worker. Each facility shall employ or retain a person full-time or part-time to coordinate the social services, to review the social needs of residents, and to make referrals.(3) ADMISSION HISTORY. The facility shall prepare a social history of each resident.(4) CARE PLANNING. A social services component of the plan of care, including potential for discharge, if appropriate, shall be developed and included in the plan of care required by s. DHS 132.60(8) (a).(5) SERVICES. Social services staff shall provide the following:(a)Referrals. If necessary, referrals for guardianship proceedings, or to appropriate agencies in cases of financial, psychiatric, rehabilitative or social problems which the facility cannot serve;(b)Adjustment assistance. Assistance with adjustment to the facility, and continuing assistance to and communication with the resident, guardian, family, or other responsible persons;(c)Discharge planning. Assistance to other facility staff and the resident in discharge planning at the time of admission and prior to removal under this chapter; and(d)Training. Participation in inservice training for direct care staff on the emotional and social problems and needs of the aged and ill and on methods for fulfilling these needs.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 132.68
Cr. Register, July, 1982, No. 319, eff. 8-1-82; am. (3) (a), (4) (a) and (5) (a), Register, January, 1987, No. 373, eff. 2-1-87; CR 04-053: r. and recr. (3) and (4) Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04; CR 06-053: r. (2) (b) and (4) (b), renum. (2) (a) to be (2), renum. (4) (a) to be (4) and am., Register August 2007 No. 620, eff. 9-1-07.For record requirements, see s. DHS 132.45(5) (d).