5 Types of Residential Facilities Served by Angus Lake
When you hear about residential medical or care facilities, most people think of assisted living facilities for older individuals who are no longer capable of independent living. At Angus Lake, assisted living facilities were the first type of residential facility we served, but we have expanded operations over time and now serve several different types of facility – as well as individuals living in a home healthcare situation.
As a consulting pharmacy, Angus Lake is proud to provide turnkey pharmacy services for residents of assisted living, group homes, correctional, personal care, and alternative living arrangement facilities. In this article, we’ll take a look at the various types of facilities we serve and give a brief overview of the types of services we provide.
Assisted Living Facilities
Assisted living facilities care for older adults, providing a wide range of assistance services for residents depending on their needs. The facilities served by Angus Lake tend to fall into one of two broad categories:
Independent living facilities provide care for seniors who are still largely able to perform the daily tasks of life and maintain their lifestyle with only occasional assistance from facility staff. Residents of independent living facilities can benefit from compliance packaging services, providing each resident with convenient, prepackaged dosage packs containing all of their medications for a day or daypart.
Memory care facilities provide care for seniors who are experiencing dementia or other memory-affecting conditions such as Alzheimer’s but who are otherwise mostly healthy. A memory care facility offers much the same services as an independent living facility but with additional staff attention. Patients in a memory care facility will receive regular check-ins throughout the day. They will get reminders for things like mealtimes, medication, and other daily tasks that might otherwise be forgotten. Compliance packaging and regular medication reviews are common services requested by memory care facilities.
Group Homes
Group homes are smaller care facilities that provide daily care for individuals with disabilities or other health challenges that prevent them from carrying out some or all of the daily tasks of life. Any adult over the age of 18 whose challenges prevent them from living independently can be a resident of a group home.
Group homes provide structure, medical assistance, and daily support for their residents. They typically offer activities to keep their residents active and engaged, including offsite activities like shopping trips, movies, field trips, and more.
Correctional Facilities
Inmates and detainees at jails and prisons deserve quality healthcare, too. As the number of incarcerated Americans continues to increase, these individuals will continue to need medications to control their chronic conditions and treat acute conditions.
Through professional consulting pharmacy services, Angus Lake can help correctional facilities, including juvenile corrections facilities, jails, and prisons, provide needed medication accurately and safely without having to maintain an onsite pharmacy.
Personal Care Homes
Personal care homes serve older adults who are still capable of mostly independent living and who wish to retain more control over their lifestyle. Residents in personal care homes typically receive assistance with only a handful of things but are generally allowed to set their schedule and remain as active as they wish.
As many of the individuals in a personal care home retain responsibility for self-administering their daily medications, compliance packaging is a typical service utilized by these facilities. We also provide medication reviews to help personal care patients understand and navigate their medicines.
Alternative Living Arrangements/Youth Homes
Orphanages, foster care homes, and homes for troubled or displaced youths are another category of facilities served by Angus Lake. The residents of these facilities range in age from infancy to 18 and are faced with a number of unique medical concerns and medication needs. As children in these living arrangements age, their medication needs change.
Professional pharmacy services from Angus Lake, including medication reviews to help ensure that residents are only getting the medications they need, can significantly reduce the staff load associated with managing frequently changing medications for a young population.
We Also Support In-Home Healthcare
For seniors or other adults with disability, in-home healthcare is another standard option. Rather than relocating the individual to a dedicated care facility, they are able to remain in their home and receive medical and lifestyle support from a visiting or live-in caregiver. Compliance packaging can be a lifesaver for caregivers who are managing patients with multiple prescriptions from multiple providers, each administered according to different directions.
Angus Lake Services
As a full-service consulting pharmacy, we provide a wide range of pharmacy and professional healthcare services for patients in residential facilities and patients living in a home healthcare situation. Our services include:
- Compliance packaging
- Pharmacy consulting
- Patient and staff education
- Medication inspection
- Medication review
- Medication cart audits
- Vaccinations
All of our pharmacy customers receive free delivery of all medications, and our team will come to your facility for vaccination clinics, medication reviews, and other services.
Angus Lake Healthcare is your local pharmacy consultant, serving facilities and their residents across Central Georgia.
Whatever type of residential facility you manage, we can provide comprehensive pharmacy services for your residents. Schedule a consultation today to learn more: 478-233-1828.
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