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OPENING A LICENSED PERSONAL CARE HOME IN GEORGIA

georgia licensing May 03, 2018

OPENING A LICENSED PERSONAL CARE HOME, COMMUNITY LIVING ARRANGEMENT OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN GEORGIA

 

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), created in 1971 by local governments of the Atlanta region, serves Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties and the City of Atlanta. ARC is the regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency for the region and also serves as the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and the Aging & Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) for the Atlanta region with the responsibility for planning and administering services and programs of the Older Americans Act, the Social Services Block Grant and the Community Care Services Program.

In addition, ARC offers basic consultation services to the business community in the areas of eldercare, caregiver needs, and options for individuals with disabilities. However, ARC does not develop business plans, complete applications on behalf of a private company or agency, issue any type of license to provide services or recommend or endorse any provider over another to consumers.

AgeWise Connection is a program of the AAA and ADRC at the Atlanta Regional Commission. Its’ objectives are to help older adults and individuals with disabilities and their caregivers find services, act as a resource for agencies and organizations serving these individuals and families and advocate for policies and programs that lead to the creation of age-friendly and barrier-free communities. 

 

WHAT IS A PERSONAL CARE HOME?

A Personal Care Home is a single home, building or group of buildings where personal care services are provided to two or more adults not related to the owner or administrator by blood or marriage. These homes are licensed by the Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation (HFR). The homes must provide a room, three meals, and snacks daily, and assistance with “Activities of Daily Living” in the amount needed by each individual resident including, but not limited to, bathing, shaving, brushing teeth, combing hair, toileting, dressing, eating, laundry, housekeeping, managing money, writing letters, shopping, using public transportation, making telephone calls, grooming, obtaining appointments, engaging in leisure and recreational activities, or other similar activities and supervision of medications.

 

A personal care home cannot provide nursing or other medical services or admit and retain residents who need continuous medical or nursing care or is not an “Ambulatory Resident” who has the ability to move from place to place by walking, either unaided or aided by prosthesis, brace, cane, crutches, walker or hand rails, or by propelling a wheelchair; who cannot respond to an emergency condition, whether caused by fire or otherwise, and escape with minimal human assistance such as guiding a resident to an exit, using the normal means of egress. Personal care homes are never authorized to use restraints on residents. They may be operated by for-profit companies or nonprofit organizations. The homes are operated on a fee for service basis. For more information on personal care homes, call 513.898.3307.

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