Proper Care at Belfair of McAlester
Belfair of McAlester provides four different levels of personal assistance and care, depending on the resident’s needs. These levels are as follows:
The Care You Need
Basic
Basic ADL Care/Service
- Ambulation - Ambulates without assistance, may use cane for security.
- Activities of Daily Living - Requires prompting or little assistance with ADLs (dressing, bathing, grooming, etc.).
- Orientation - Has good mental awareness, makes friends and attends programs on own. Exhibits normal behavior.
- Transfer - Transfers independently.
- Medications/Healthcare - Able to take own medication or medications dispensed by attendant for convenience. Illnesses are short term, resolved in one week or less.
- Safety Awareness - Good.
- Dining/Diet needs - Usually able to dine in main dining room, needs preparation and service of three meals per day.
- Continence - uses bathroom independently.
Level I
Low Intensity of Care/Service
- Ambulation - Uses walker or prong cane. Needs transportation help for long distances and to activities and dining.
- Activities of Daily Living - Needs assistance with showers or whirlpool bath. Dresses self with some cueing and assistance.
- Orientation - Has some memory loss or cognitive impairments, responds well to cueing. Needs assistance or reminder to attend programs and meals. Some depression or anxiety present.
- Transfer - Able to transfer but may prefer presence of staff for added security. Responds well to cueing.
- Medications/Healthcare - Unable to take medication properly without assistance. Has chronic problems, required monitoring of vital signs and assessment for nursing interventions.
- Safety Awareness - Needs reminders of safety hazards. Assessment of utilization of in-room appliances needs to be monitored by staff.
- Dining/Diet Needs - Needs mild assistance with food at table.
- Continence - Wears incontinence products, manages on own with attendants managing supply and disposal.
Level III
High Intensity of Care/Service
- Ambulation - Needs assistance in all aspects of daily ambulation.
- Activities of Daily Living - Assistance needed in all ADLs. Unable to bathe, shower, dress or perform personal hygiene without total assistance.
- Orientation - Needs constant assistance and redirection due to memory loss or poor comprehension, may exhibit inappropriate behavior, wandering, calling out or attempts to leave secure areas.
- Transfer - Requires staff assistance for all transfers.
- Medications/Healthcare - Medications dispensed by attendant in excess of 4 times per day or 12 different prescribed medications. Medications which require the assistance of a licensed professional to determine proper need or that may require special techniques for dispensing such as inhalers, nebulizers, eye drops, blood glucose monitoring, or injections.
- Safety Awareness – Requires assistance with all environmental management for the purpose of safety and provision of a safe living environment. Resident exhibits behaviors that would be a danger to self or others without staff intervention.
- Dining/Diet Needs - Requires plate orientation and prompting, continued redirection to complete meals, special diets, or assistance with feeding.
- Continence – Incontinence of bowel and bladder otherwise unmanageable without constant and regular interventions by community staff.
Prior to the resident’s admission to Belfair, LLC, the staff will perform a comprehensive assessment of his or her needs. Individual care plans are billed separately.
