I have an elderly friend that I look after living in an ALF. He currently has a portable oxygen concentrator that he uses daily when he goes to the dining room and on excursions. He is becoming more frail mentally and physically and may need to be placed in a nursing home. Can you help me understand the rules and regulations of portable concentrator use in the skilled nursing home environment. Can patients have their own equipment that they bring with them??
Thank you!
So each facility will have regulation of their own. Some may be dictated by Fire Code in that particular town. Some it may be a Corporate decision.
Check with the facility and ask to see what their restrictions are.
All rules and regulations regarding individual clients/residents/patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities, in ALFs, in Memory Cares, in Rehabilitation Centers varies according to EACH INDIVIDUAL center. There may even be special rules dependent on the patient's capabilities to operate, monitor and regulate their own devices.
You must speak directly to the center where this resident is residing.
Wish you the best of luck.