How To Get An Elderly Person Into A Nursing Home?
Obtaining the documentation needed for nursing home admission
- Admission to a nursing home is required by a physician’s order. In many ways, this instruction is akin to writing a prescription.
- A prescription from a doctor for drugs and therapy
- Examination of the patient’s medical history and physical examination
- Form needed by the state
- Health-care examinations
- Admissions documentation has been completed