guidelines question: when LTC and when AL

there is nothing written in stone.

when someone observes the person to be a safety risk to him/herself is the time to consider long term care.

good luck.

leslie

There are assisted living demetia units, which are wonderful, so dementia is not always a reason to choose nursing care over assisted living. In our assisted living center (not a dementia AL) residents must be able to handle their own toileting, managing of their incontinent product. They must be capable of ambulating to the dining area. They must be able to do their ADLs.

I worked in an assisted living facility as a nurses aid while I was a student nurse. I found that this facility liked to hang onto to their private pay clients for as long as they could even though that client really belonged in a SNF. If a client is medicaid, guess what?? They get the boot if they need added care.

This depends on alot, do you find this person in the parking lot at 3 am , can they go to the bathroom by themselves ,do simple adl's? Are they alert and oriented to at least 2? Are they losing weight,do they eat with there hands,have they created poo poo art? Normaly people dont just wake up and have such dementia they need different placement. You should be able to watch whomever for a couple days and tell ... Good luck :)

i have a question about the guidelines for placing a person in an assisted living facility and when to place them in a nursing home.

more specifically, if a person has dementia, when is it time to move them to a nursing home? how often should these people be assessed?

i am a student that works in a facility and no one really can give me an answer.

thanks!