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LNS Admission Criteria
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Resident must be at least 18 years of age
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Free from signs and symptoms of any communicable disease, however, a person who
has (HIV) infection may be admitted into our facility, provided that he/she
would otherwise be eligible for admission
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Resident must be able to transfer, with assistance. The assistance of more than
one person is permitted
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Resident must be capable of taking his/her own medication with assistance from
staff, if necessary. If assistance with self-administration is needed, and if
unlicensed staff with be providing such assistance, the facility must have a
signed informed consent advising the resident, or the residents surrogate,
guardian, or attorney in fact, that our facility is not required to have a
licensed nurse on staff, that the resident may be receiving assistance with
self-administration of medication from an unlicensed person and that such
assistance, if provided by an unlicensed person, will or will not be overseen
by a licensed nurse
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Dietary needs must be met by the facility
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Can not be a danger to self or others as determined by a licensed physician, or
mental health practitioner
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Can not require licensed professional mental health treatment on a 24-hour a
day basis
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Can not be bedridden – confined to bed because of inability to ambulate or
transfer to a wheelchair even with assistance, or to sit safely in a chair or
wheelchair without personal assistance or mechanical restraint
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Not have any stage 3 or 4 pressure sores. A stasis ulcer on the lower
extremities (usually due to poor circulation) is not considered to be a
pressure sore
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A resident may be admitted with a stage 2 pressure sore providing:
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Services are provided pursuant to a plan of care issued by a physician, or the
resident contracts directly with a licensed home health agency or a nurse to
provide care
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The condition is documented in the resident’s record
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If the resident’s condition fails to improve within 30 days, the resident shall
be discharged from our facility
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Can not require 24-hour nursing supervision
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Oral or nasopharyngeal suctioning
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Assistance with tube feeding
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Monitoring of blood gases
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Intermittent positive pressure breathing therapy
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Skilled rehabilitation services
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Treatment of surgical incisions, unless the surgical incision and the condition
which caused it have been stabilized and a plan of care developed
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