What is an Assisted Care Facility as opposed to a Nursing Home?
At Fishers Peak Assisted Care, because we are not a Medicaid Facility, we can accept a more varied population than an Alternative Care Facility (Medicaid Facility). We can administer medications; but unlike a nursing home we cannot do injections, intravenous treatments (IV’s), respirators or similar medical treatments. Home Health and Physical Therapy Agencies do come into our facility to provide wound care, catheter maintenance, rehabilitation therapies, etc. with which our staff can assist. Consequently, we are less institutional and more homelike!We can assist with (or provide total care in the case of a bed bound or paralyzed person) showers, bathing, hygiene and grooming; we can help our residents dress and undress; we help with mobility from oversight to wheelchair transporting; we can help with lifting and transfers from bed to chair (toilet, wheelchair, etc.), plus we have an electronic lift for extra help; we prepare our homemade meals onsite which allow us to cater to our res
