Levels of Care
"What are Levels of Care?" and "Why are every facility's levels different?" Great questions and a big consideration when choosing the right assisted living facility for your loved one. Everyone who moves into an assisted living facility needs assistance of some type. It can be as simple as needing assistance with nutritional meals, assistance with managing medications, or assistance with tasks such as laundry and housekeeping. It can be as complex as a need for total assistance with bathing, grooming, and dressing due to limited physical abilities or a decrease in the memory needed to complete those tasks alone. Facilities typically evaluate a potential resident to determine how much assistance they will need with daily tasks so that the facility can adequately schedule the staff needed to provide for the needs of all it's residents. The State of Florida requires minimum staffing hours* (not ratios) to meet the needs, both scheduled and unscheduled,