Marymount Place has been providing quality care for seniors since 1988. Marymount Place offers the retirement alternatives of independent and assisted living services. There are opportunities to enrich all aspects of your life --- social, physical, intellectual and spiritual. Residents enjoy apartment living with a wide variety of services and amenities supporting a carefree lifestyle.

Marymount Place is located on the 52 acre Marymount Hospital Campus which offers easy access to physicians, medical services and emergency treatment. The campus is expanding to offer a nursing home and dementia care facility to open in winter 2007.

Each resident must be able to manage activities of daily living independently or with staff assistance. Activities of daily living for this purpose are as follows:

Bathing - maintenance of personal hygiene is expected to be kept by showering, sponge bathing or whirlpool tub bath. Assistance with bathing includes assembling of towels, soap and other necessary items, helping the resident in and out of shower or tub, turning water on and off, adjusting water temperature, washing and drying portions of the body which are difficult to reach, and being available while resident is bathing.

Grooming - a neat, tidy appearance is to be maintained at all times. Assistance with grooming includes helping the resident shave, brush teeth or clean dentures, wash and comb hair, clean and cut fingernails.

Dressing - appropriate attire is required when outside one's room. Assistance with dressing includes helping the resident to choose and put on appropriate clean clothes, fasten hooks, buttons, zippers and assist with hose and shoes.

Toileting - residents are required to care adequately for toileting needs. If incontinence exists, the resident must be able to care for one's needs independently or with staff assistance. Proper use of products and equipment is required.

Eating - three meals a day will be provided by Marymount Place in the Dining Room. Attendance in the Dining Room is required. Assistance with eating includes cutting food, pouring beverages, opening packets and reminding residents of diet restrictions. A 24-hour snack room is also available.

Mobility - residents must be mobile with or without assistance devices i.e., cane, walker, wheelchair. Assistance provided includes standby escort and supervision. Persons requiring wheelchairs must be able to independently transfer themselves to and from the wheelchair and manage the use of the wheelchair using good safety techniques and judgment.

Medications - prescribed medications should be taken in correct dosages at the correct times. Persons who refuse to take prescribed medication may be refused residency. The resident should self administer medications upon the written order of a Physician. Assisting a resident with administration of medication may be done in the following manner:

• Reminding a resident to take medication.
• Opening the container of medication after asking to assist.
• Reading medication labels to the resident.
• Checking the dosage against the medication label.
• Keeping records when resident receives supervision.
• Assisting with eye drops.

**If Residents do not know what medication they are taking and what it is for, they will be required to get medication administration.

Each resident must be able to communicate their needs, be capable of making decisions, and be able to follow directions. The resident must be:

• Oriented to person, place, and time.
• Capable of following safety instructions during fire and evacuation drills. One must be able to utilize the phone and emergency call system.
• Capable of respecting the use of drugs and alcohol without being abusive.

Each resident must be socially appropriate, communicate well with others, and maintain the ability to develop interpersonal relationships.

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