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Check the ALs in your area. Each elder must be evaluated to see if they are determined to be in able enough condition to live there.
That's unusual about where your uncle was because it would pose an issue with their liability insurance coverage.
For all of these things it is best to discuss disabilities of ANY kind with the facility itself, and to request a list of care levels and what they consist of, and cost.
Best of luck.
It may also depend on how much help a person needs to transfer. If it is minimal help that is different than a staff member doing all the work during the transfer. Might actually depend on if the person is a 295 pounds or 105. And if this is a 1 or 2 person transfer.
Not a good reason or excuse but reality ....With the staffing shortage if 1 or 2 staff persons have to help 1 person 5, 6, 7 times a day that is taking time that other residents may need help.
The manpower is more limited in ALF than a NH.
My DH aunt went into an ALF while bedfast. She’s a small woman, was on hospice, had an aide daily. So there are many factors that might make a difference in a decision to accept a patient or not.
That information is based on my experience at my moms previous assisted living facility. There may be other AL's that provide different levels of care than the one mom was in.
Assisted living means there are staff who will 'assist' a resident with certain ADL's like meals, housekeeping, laundry, medication supervision, and hygiene. Not provide total invalid care for a person who can't even get up on their own.
I was a supervisor at a very nice AL some time back. Our citeria for residence was that a person had to be able to walk without assist of another person and we did not allow wheelchairs. Walkers or canes were fine. A resident had to still be using a toilet without assistance. An actual toilet because we did not allow bedside commodes. No one who was diaper-dependent was allowed to move in, or stay if they became so. If you used a pull-up or pad for extra security that was fine. Residents had to be able to properly dispose of these things in their own. We had residents with dementia, but when it progressed and the resident no longer met our criteria for residency, they had to go.
This is how most assisted living facilities operate.
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