Assisted Living Facilities

Assisted living facilities provide housing and supportive services for six or more residents. These facilities are fully wheelchair accessible. Residents of assisted living facilities have private apartments, ranging from a studio to one or two bedrooms. Each apartment unit has a kitchenette and private bathroom with a wheelchair accessible shower. Assisted living facilities are licensed and regulated by the Department of Human Services, Seniors and People with Disabilities.

For a list of Assisted Living Facilities in the area, please see the Assisted Living Facilities in Lane County document ( pdf file).

Services provided by Assisted Living Facilities include:

• Three nutritious meals daily with snacks available seven days per week
  
• A daily program of social and recreational activities
  
• Housekeeping
  
• Transportation scheduling
  
• Emergency call systems in each apartment
  
• Individualized care plan
  
• Housekeeping services
  
• Personal and other laundry service
  
• Medication management
  
• Health services: monitoring, supervision, or assistance
  
• Select diabetic care
  
• Assistance with activities of daily living such as mobility, eating, bathing, toileting, dressing, and grooming and personal hygiene.
  
• Incontinence care
  
• Intermittent cuing, redirecting and environmental cues for cognitively impaired residents; and Intermittent intervention, supervision and staff support for residents who exhibit behavioral symptoms
  
• Medical appointment scheduling
  
• Periodic nighttime care

Include an Oregon licensed nurse(s) who is regularly scheduled for onsite duties including delegation and teaching at the facility and who is available for phone consultation. Assisted living facilities are not required to have licensed registered nurses on premises 24-hours-a-day.

Staff to resident ratio is mandated by the state. Caregivers are not required to be certified, although training prior to providing services to residents is mandatory.

management, assistance with dressing and personal hygiene, and behavior management for conditions such as confusion and wandering.

A comparison guide, Lane County Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities Comparison Guide ( pdf file), is available to download by clicking the preceding link.

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