Residents must be familiar with their medications and the instructions for taking them. Aides may remind residents to take medications, read label instructions, and remove the cap or packaging, but the resident must remove the medication from the package or container. The state does not have provisions for nurse delegation. Assisted living facilities . Staff may assist with self-administration of medications.
Administration is listed as one of the assisted living support services.
Financing Personal care services are reimbursed as a state plan service under Medicaid based on a plan of care. Facilities are reimbursed fee for service. From March 1999 to February 2000, approximately 1,154 residents were served in residential care facilities. The state uses a presumptive eligibility process to expedite determinations. The state has prepared a waiver and has developed a tier payment system.