Staff of the centers typically includes a nurse or social work director, therapists, social workers, nursing aids, and unskilled assistants. Adult day care centers receive referrals from hospitals, visiting nurses, home health care workers, and service agencies. Nursing Facilities Nursing facilities are institutions or distinct parts of institutions housing 3 or more individuals for a period of time exceeding 24 consecutive hours, whose primary purpose is to provide health related care and services including rehabilitation for individuals who, because of mental or physical conditions require nursing care and other services in addition to room and board. Most elderly are admitted into a nursing home directly from another health care facility, typically after a short stay in a hospital. The characteristics of the elderly who are in nursing homes are well known.
Nursing facilities can be private, public, profit, or non-profit.
They can have health, welfare, social services, and mental health departments. Don Dassar, Chf. Connie Palmer, Relief Dir. An organization made up of Lutheran Churches that provide various services to communities. Provide information on the housing and services available to the elderly in Guthrie County.