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, and individual evaluation of the needs of individuals seeking permanent residence in a nursing home.
The assessment evaluates the following:
social circumstances
health status
mental condition
ability to perform activities of daily living
The outcome of the assessment indicates whether long-term residence in a nursing or residential home is needed.
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 to the point 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.
Validity of assessment
An approved nursing home pre-admission assessment is valid for 12 months from the date of confirmation.
If an individual has not been offered a place in a nursing home or residential home within that time, the assessment must be renewed.
Pension payments
Applicants for nursing home pre-admission assessments should be informed that, upon moving to a nursing home, pension payments from the Social Insurance Administration cease.
Further information on this topic is available on the Social Insurance Administration's website
Service provider
Directorate of Health