Emergency Admissions
Careline Lifestyles recognise that at times it is necessary to accept emergency placements and admissions.
However, this does not imply the right for a service user to stay in the home once the emergency is over and does not commit the service user or Careline Lifestyles to the placement once the emergency is over.
All service users placed with Careline Lifestyles as an emergency measure will be fully assessed once the emergency is over and relocated if the care provided is not appropriate to their needs, or if the service user is considered inappropriate to the setting, or to our existing service users. Careline Lifestyles reserve the right to refuse admission or placement to any service user who it feels would be inappropriately placed in the home, or for whom the home does not have the required skills, resources or provision.
Policy of Emergency Placements
Careline Lifestyles accepts emergency placements and adheres fully to Standards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Adults (18-65) covering assessment of need and placements of new service users.
In the event of emergency admissions Careline Lifestyles will pursue the following policies:
- under Standard 4 – Introductory Visits of the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Adults (18-65), emergency admission right or requirement of a service user to stay in the same home is not implied, and service users placed in an emergency should be fully assessed and relocated if the care provided is not appropriate to their needs
- under Standard 4 – Introductory Visits of the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Adults (18-65) when an emergency placement is made, the home undertakes to inform the service user within 48 hours about key aspects, rules and routines of the home, and to meet all other admission criteria set out in Standards 2 and 3 of the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Adults (18-65) within five working days
- under Standard 24 – Premises of the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Adults (18-65), service users on respite/emergency/short-term placements or intermediate care/rehabilitation placements, and those in long-term placements, should occupy separate premises including communal day space, facilities and equipment, unless benefits for both groups can be demonstrated.
