This section is a detailed list of the Admissions Process

Visit our community and enjoy a complimentary lunch, choose the room of your choice.
Request an admission packet, which includes our agreement, resident rights and home rules. Examine for yourself that there are no hidden costs.

Complete the Pre-admission application.

Request your physician to promptly complete the MA-51 (Medical Evaluation) you received when you have decided to move into ABBE Hall Personal Care. If you are relocating from a hospital or nursing home, your case manager will secure the MA-51 from your current physician.

Schedule an appointment with the Administrator to complete the paperwork necessary prior to move-in. The following will be needed at the time of the appointment:
Medicare, Health Insurance and Prescription Cards
Copy of Power of Attorney
Copy of Living Will
Copy of Long Term Insurance (if applicable)
Payment for room deposit
Accurate list of medications, dosage & diagnosis
All prescriptions for any meds you are currently taking, including any over the counter medications

All meds will be ordered and prepackaged in bubble packs prior to admission.

Schedule a day for moving into your new home. Admissions may be arranged Monday-Saturday between 9am and 3pm.

MOVE-IN DAY
Check that all of the above has been completed

Submit to the office your completed and signed Inventory of Belongings sheet containing the list of items you have brought with you into your room.

Make sure all medical equipment has been provided to you before the end of your first day.
e.g.walker, wheelchair, etc.

Notify any member of ABBE Hall Personal Care care team if there is anything we can do to make your new
home more comfortable.

You will have your photograph taken for identifying purposes only.

DAYS 1-14
The administrator will do an assessment of all your care needs

Our dietary department will sit with you to discuss your dietary needs and likes and dislikes

Feel free to ask our maintenance department for assistance in hanging any pictures

DAYS 15-30
We will develop a support plan

ANNUALLY
Your physician will be requested to complete a new MA-51 (Medical Evaluation). Your physician may require a complete physical at his office before completing the form

We will review your support plan and assessment.

PERIODICALLY/AS NEEDED/CHANGES IN CARE NEEDS
At anytime you may contact the Administrator or the Direct Care Supervisor to discuss medical or care concerns you or your family may have.

In the event of significant in your medical or physical needs, your hospitalixation or short term admission to a nursing facility we may need to conduct a reassessment of your needs.

Significant changes in your care needs which exceed our abilities to care for you may result in the need to refer you to a higher level of care. We will be glad to assist you with finding an appropriate living center to meet your needs. Examples of care needs that may exceed our level of care include but are not limited to:
• Totally or permanently confined to bed/Total transfer assistance/High fall risk
• Naso-gastric or Intravenous Feeding/Inability to feed self
• Ventilator/Respirator needs
• Physician has assessed at a skilled nursing level of care
• Third Stage or multiple decubiti
• Inappropriate behaviors: hurtful to self or others; high risk of elopement
• Unmanaged incontinence of bowel or bladder


CHOOSING ABBE HALL AS YOUR ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY

PREADMISSION SCREENING
Upon deciding the Administrator will need to do a Preadmission Screening. This can be done in your home or in the facility. During the evaluation we will review your medical diagnosis, medications, and social and physical needs. It is our goal to ensure that we are able to provide you the best care in our community. You or your loved one may have care needs that exceed the levels of care offered in our community. A few examples of those care needs may include
the following:

• Totally or permanently confined to bed/Total transfer assistance/High fall risk
• Naso-gastric or Intravenous Feeding/Inability to feed self
• Ventilator/Respirator needs
• Physician has assessed at a skilled nursing level of care
• Third Stage or multiple decubiti or skin wounds
• Inappropriate behaviors: hurtful to self or others; high risk of elopement
• Unmanaged incontinence of bowel or bladder
• Communicable infectious disease

If your care needs are not able to be met by our community will we be glad to refer you to other facilities that will be able to meet your needs.


MEDICAL EVALUATION/MA-SI/IMMUNIZATION RECORD
Your primary care physician will be requested to complete a medical evaluation form prior to your move-in. The MA-51 form provides us with the medical orders essential to your plan of care including medications (including any over the counter medications), therapies, diet, allergies and medical history. The medical form is a requirement of the Department of Public Welfare and must be completed in its entirety. Your physician may request to see you in his office for a complete physical prior to completion of the form. The last section of the form will assign the level of care that your physician has deemed appropriate in order to meet your needs. In compliance with the Department of Public Welfare regulations, this form will need to be reviewed and updated annually by your physician.


LIST OF MEDICATIONS
An accurate list of your current medications including over the counter products you may be using will be requested from your physician. It is essential that every medication, including Tylenol, eye drops, nitroglycerin tablets, and medicated creams be listed so that we may continue your medication schedule without interruption. It is also helpful to know why you are taking certain medications and if vital sign monitoring or blood work is necessary while taking the prescribed medication.

SERVICES PROVIDED
Our services include but are not limited to:

Twenty Four Hour Assisted Care
Medication Assistance, Vital Signs Monitoring, Diabetic Monitoring
Personal Needs (Bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, skin care, and nail care)
Activities
Community Resources
Religious and Spiritual Services
Personal Laundry Services - at no extra cost
Continence Care/Catheter Care/Self-Care Colostomy
Self Care Gastric feeding services
Ambulation assistance
Housekeeping and Maintenance Services
Three nutritious meals prepared by our Chef
Recreational and social events

ARRANGED SERVICES
Physical Therapy
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Lab Services
X-Ray and Ultrasound Services
House Physician, Podiatrist, and Dentist
Visiting Nurses
** Arranged services are not billed by ABBE Hall Personal Care. These services are billable by private agencies and or insurance carriers.