AHCA required postings
When I conduct mock surveys of facilities, one of the items that I most often find not in compliance is the facility not displaying the required items. This deficiency is one of the easiest to avoid so lets look at the regulations and what needs to be displayed. The Agency for Healthcare Administration has […]
7 Ways Unclean Air Ducts Can Affect Your Facility Resident’s
I have been operating an assisted living facility for over 30 yrs and never thought about having my facility’s air ducts cleaned. I didn’t even know it was a thing. I recently was informed about what lives in those filthy things. I have annoying allergies that once I found out I had my air ducts […]
FL / Facility License Types
Standard Licensed ALFs A standard ALF must be licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). The official definition of an assisted living facility is any building or buildings, section or distinct part of a building, private home, boarding home, home for the aged, or other residential facilities, whether operated for profit or not, […]
Elopement control in the ALF setting | FL
Due to the unpredictable nature of many forms of dementia, there is a special consideration for the safety of people that are living with the disease process, especially for those who wander. Residents may aimlessly walk about the community with no real direction as to where they are going, or they will be steadfast in […]