Nursing Home Pre-Admission Assessment

-Automatic translation

Process for assessing a nursing home pre-admission application.

• The person involved, or someone closely related, fills out an application for a nursing home pre-admission assessment.

• If necessary, social workers, nurses, or general physicians can assist in preparing the application.

Submitting application

• The application must be sent to the nursing home pre-admission assessment committee in the health region where the person is legally domiciled.

• The application includes authorisation for the committees to obtain the necessary data and information from health and social services.

Application processing

• Once the committee has received the application, the process begins.

• For the committee to reach a conclusion, the assessment must be available and conducted by a healthcare professional familiar with the person in question.

• In addition, it is based on specific information from health and social services, the concerned physicians, or medical institutions, as applicable.

• The committee is responsible for obtaining this data.

• As a general rule, the conclusion is reached in four weeks.

Presentation of results

• The assessment result is presented to the applicant in writing.

• A copy is sent to:

  • the general physician

  • home care

  • social services

  • the regional office for people with disabilities, if applicable.

Before moving to a nursing home

• Before moving to a nursing home, a request for a nursing home pre-admission assessment must be available, along with the assessment, an application for a nursing home, and the allocation. 

Finally

If the individual does not accept the committee's conclusions, they may refer the conclusion to the Minister, cf article 26 of the Administrative Procedures Act.