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What is it called?
· Assisted Living Facility
o Licensed for residential living care or residential living and assisted living care
What services are provided?
· Residential care
o Minimal assistance with activities of daily living (including medication administration)
· Assisted living care
o Moderate assistance with activities of daily living
o Assure residents receive necessary restorative care and habilitative services
o Arrange for specialized rehabilitative services
o Hospice care
Who can be admitted?
· Residential living care
o Requires minimal assistance with activities of daily living
· Assisted living care
o Requires at least a moderate level of assistance with activities of daily living
o Aggressive or disruptive personalities
Who is inappropriate?
· Must be refused admission or evicted
o Needs the facility cannot meet
o Ventilator dependency
o Stage III or IV pressure sores (unless stage II sores are healing)
o Airborne infectious disease in a communicable state, requiring isolation
o Nasogastric tubes
o Need for 24-hour continuous licensed nursing care
o Certification by physician that placement is no longer appropriate
o Need for maximum physical assistance (total dependence on four or more activities of daily living) if resident’s condition meets Medicaid standards for payment for nursing home care
o Intravenous therapy
o Injections into a vein
o Care of gastric tubes (unless resident can perform the necessary tasks)
· Exceptions to disqualifying eviction conditions if necessary services are provided by a physician, nurse, or home care agency
o Intravenous therapy
o Injections into a vein
What training is required for direct care staff?
· Initial training
o First aid and emergency procedures
o Detecting and reporting abuse, neglect, or exploitation
o State approved program in assisted living care
· Continuing training
o At least 8 hours annually
o At least 12 hours annually in assisted living care, focusing on care of resident who is mentally or physically impaired
Is any public payment available?
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More Information
Department of Social Services Virginia Long Term Care Ombudsman
Division of Licensing Programs (804) 565 - 1600
(804) 726 – 7157 www.vaaaa.org