I believe I mentioned this in my previous post, not sure. Been talking with an assisted living/memory care community for a few weeks. I have a few questions.
For starters, there are no locks on the resident doors. Is this common? I called another community which used electronic key fobs, even in memory care. To me it seems logical but wandering as I know they would have to be going into each other rooms.
The next is a "community shower" or that is what I call it. The room we have been looking at is called jack and jill suite, but only has a bathroom in between. The shower is across from the room in the hall. It has like an access door into the shower. Seems strange. Has anyone seen this before? Is it common?
They have openings, where as the places we would really like for him to be at are weeks to months on a waitlist. We need him placed very, very soon.
Thank you all.
As to unlocked doors - that's pretty standard in all facilities here.
Someone told me it was common in hospitals. A person posted here about a nursing home. To me Jack and Jill should include a shower. We are looking at affording a private room if possible.
It seems that many do not lock the doors for the posters. I think the door locks with electronic key fobs are more common in the newer facilities. Thank you all for your help.
It might be different if the facility that you describe has a schedule and patients can sign up, so maybe you should ask. But I’d be looking for a place with a shower in the room.
The private shower and toilet is necessary for modesty and also to stay safe from wanderers poking around where they're not welcome. Its very practical to have ones one bathroom......why would it not be,??? Mom was showered 2x a week by an aide in her private suite and had no issues. My biggest concern was keeping her OUT of a shared bath/room situation in a SNF with Medicaid, which I was able to accomplish fortunately.
At my mom's mc, there was a resident named Denny who took an interest in her. If not for the locked suite door feature, I have no doubt he'd have been in there bothering her all the time 😑
I'd insist on these features if I were you. Good luck.
Mom"s Independent Living Facility had locks on the doors and showers in the room. She was only in Memory Care briefly (no locks) and I don't recall the bathing situation.
I would get him in where you can, keep him on the waiting list for other places
I wouldn’t want a loved one to be in a place where there were no locks and potentially anyone could walk in on them while showering.
As to locks on doors, in most places people are able to lock their doors to prevent intrusion; however there is always, in my experience, a person on premises, usually the medication nurse, with keys for emergency access should a resident not answer a knock at the door.
I hope I am getting your question well enough to answer or that you will elaborate a bit.