Question 9. What is the difference between Frail Care and Assisted Living?
There are fundamental differences. The sister-in-charge will complete a questionnaire based on medical reports received from doctors, social workers and specialists. The scoring according to the questionnaire determines if a person could care for themselves which indicate if a person require frail care or assisted living. The below pointers are only indicators when frail care is required and not assisted living. The list is not exhaustive at all:
- If the person cannot walk or manoeuvre themselves, for example the person is permanent wheel chair bound and not strong enough to lift himself when at the toilet.
- The person requires 24 hours of the day care. For example they are a risk that they can fall out of their bed or the cognitive abilities requires 24 hours care because they are a danger for themselves.
- The person is a fall risk.
- Any form of dementia
- Cannot be trusted to drink their medication responsibly. (In assisted living a resident must be able to take care of their own medication.)