Serving Adult Family Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, & Home Care Agencies
Serving Adult Family Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, & Home Care Agencies
An assessment is a DSHS required document for all residents wishing to move into or who already reside in an Adult Family Home in Washington State. The assessment must be done and contain accurate information about the resident’s current needs and preferences. It is used as a tool to get to know the resident and their care-planning needs.
The provider must be knowledgeable about the resident’s current needs and preferences before an AFH provider can admit a resident to their home. AFH providers will use the preliminary service information along with the assessment to create a Negotiated Care plan within 30 days of admission.
The AFH provider must ensure the assessment contains the minimum information required as listed in WAC 388-76-10335. I Care's Assessment meets the minimum requirements and more.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
The preliminary service plan includes the resident’s specific problems, needs, goals, & preferences. It includes how safety & health will be promoted by meeting care needs & handling refusal of care.
The assessment must be updated at least every 12 months, when there is a significant change in the resident’s physical or mental condition, when the negotiated care plan no longer reflects the resident’s status, needs, or preferences, and at the provider or resident’s request.
The assessment takes between 30 minutes-1.5 hrs for the face to face. It is a very comprehensive document and takes several hours to type after the face-to face. Expected turn around to get the completed assessment back is between 5 days to 2 weeks. So it is good to plan ahead if possible.
The adult family home may only admit a resident to the home without an assessment or a preliminary service plan if a true emergency exists. To establish that a true emergency exists, the home must verify that the resident's life, health or safety is at serious risk due to circumstances in the resident's current place of residence or harm to the resident has occurred. The assessment must be done within 5 days of admission.
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