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Wyoming

Wyoming

 

What is it called?

  • Assisted Living Facilities

 

What services are provided?

  • An assisted living facility provides both personal care and limited nursing care. Required services are relatively limited in scope. For example, a facility is only required to provide limited assistance with dressing, and infrequent assistance with mobility.  A facility is required to be able to perform minor non-sterile dressing changes and to care for Stage I pressure sores. A facility must be able to provide necessary services to a resident who cares for his or her own catheter or ostomy, or to a resident who cares for his or her own incontinence. 

 

Who is inappropriate?

  • The following services cannot be provided by an assisted living facility:
    • Continuous assistance with transfer and mobility
    • Care of residents who are unable to feed themselves
    • Care of residents who need total assistance with bathing and dressing
    • Care of residents who require catheter/ostomy care
    • Continuous oxygen administration and monitoring
    • Care for residents who wander excessively
    • Incontinence care
    • Wound care requiring sterile dressing changes
    • Care of stage II, III, and IV pressure sores.
  • A resident may be forced to move from a facility if the resident’s care needs exceed the care that can be provided at an assisted living facility, or if, more generally, the facility cannot meet the resident’s needs.

 

What training is required for direct care staff?

  • For facilities with eight or more residents, there must be at least one staff person on duty and awake at all times. The facility must designate a manager who is responsible for the facility and the 24-hour supervision of residents. There must be personnel on duty to maintain order, safety, and cleanliness of the premises; prepare and serve meals; assist the residents with personal needs and recreational activities; and meet the other operational needs of the facility.

 

Is nurse staffing required?

  • There must be a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse or certified nursing assistant on every shift.

 

Is there any public payment available?

  • There is a Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver program.

 

 

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