Nursing Home Pre-Admission Assessment

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Applications must be submitted to nursing home pre-admission assessment committees on a particular form.

About nursing home pre-admission assessment

The assessment is a standardised, professional, individual assessment of the needs of individuals for permanent residence in a nursing home.

Social conditions, health status, mental state, and skills in daily life activities are evaluated. The assessment results indicate the need for long-term residence in a nursing home.

When should you apply for a nursing home pre-admission assessment?

Health authorities aim to enable people to live in their homes for as long as possible with the appropriate health and social services.

When circumstances have changed so that people can no longer live at home despite the support of health and social services, it is time to apply for a nursing home pre-admission assessment. The person in question must be ready to accept a nursing home when offered.

The validity of the approved nursing home pre-admission assessments is twelve months from its approval. If an individual has yet to offer to move to a nursing home within that time, the assessment must be renewed.

Pension payments

Applicants for nursing home pre-admission assessments should be made aware that when they move to a nursing home, pension payments from the Social Insurance Administration cease.