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care including private nonprofit and private for profit entities. The department shall solicit proposals for the grants through a request for proposals developed in consultation with the advisory council on aging. The department, in consultation with the council, shall select the recipients from the proposals received. The department shall negotiate any specific provisions of the grant award needed and shall administer the grants. In selecting the recipients, the council shall:
(i)Consider the extent to which the proposal moves the…#
(i) Consider the extent to which the proposal moves the staff of the facility to a more patient centered culture;
(ii)Consider one#
(ii) Consider one (1) project to reconfigure an existing nursing home to achieve a resident-centered cultural change;
(iii) Fund one (1) study relating to the creation of an alternative eldercare home, as defined in W.S. 42-6-102(a)(iii), provided that an acceptable project proposal is received in response to the request for proposals;
(iv) Fund one (1) study relating to the creation of an alternative eldercare home, as defined in W.S. 42-6-102(a)(iii), which shall require that the home:
(A) Maintains residences as units independent from other facilities such that there is no physical connection or shared roof structures between houses;
(B) Provides a secured exterior patio or garden with covered seating for each house accessible by all residents including those with wheelchairs and assistive devices;
(C) Provides for locked storage of hazardous materials and control of kitchen access during high traffic periods of meal preparation and clean-up;
(D) Provides a den in each house to accommodate television viewing and limited overnight guests;
(E) Implements a self-managed work team approach to in-house and clinical support staffing. Each house shall have its own core in-house staffing that is specific and dedicated to a single house;