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l c....· 1.... ,1 __.L--1 - - - ~- ---- -- LJ AdO:) I 0<J 3X I J.dO:.J 1 Qtl3X HIGHVIEW HURSING HOME 2800 Springdale Road S . W. Atlanta) Qeor gia 30315 ADMISSION POLI CIES: Highview is intended to be a nursing ~ of limit ed means . f or infirm aged men and women Infirm is intended to mean that the person should have immediately avail ab le nursing care and medical attention of the degree u sually assoc iated with a nursing home, but not t o the degree which normally requires the s ervite of a genera l hospital or a chr onic-disease hospital; and a degree of infirmity which requires more than simp le custodial c are . Aged is inte nded to mean a person who is in the sixtieth year of life or older . This age shall not be consid ered a rule abso lute if the capacity of the h ome is not filled by persons of this minimum age . Limited Means is intended to mean persons who do not have avai lable (owned in their ~ r i g h t, or through kin who will a ccept fina ncia l respons ibility) financial resources suffic ient to pay f or the ir care in the usua l privately operated nursing h ome or home for the aged . A specific dollar-value on r esource s is intenti onally omitted . CLASSIFICATION : Patients• shal l be considered under three classifications- Class A she.11 be those patients who are entirely dependent upon public or private agencies or charities for t heir care and live lihood. Class B shall be those patients wh o have some fi nancial resources (se lf owned kin) , but who require assistance from public or private agencies for their care a nd livelihood.

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Class C shall be those patients who have financial resour ces (self owned or fro; kin) sufficient to pay cost of care and livelihood at this home, but not sufficient to purchase care and livelihood at the usual private ly operated nursing home. Priority : First consideration will be given to Clas s~ patients. It is in the publ:i.c interes t that services also be extended to the other two group s, for it is wise to encourage persons to rely on their own resources. Under this premise, next priority will be given to Class Ji patients. Bu t it is not in tended to exclude all Class f patients in the exercise of the above two preference s. Exc lusions: This home is not prepared to care for persons with acute psychiatric complaints, or with infectious or contagious diseases, or with tuberculosis. Such patients will not be knowingly admi tted; and if the condition develops or becomes known after admiss ion, it is expected that L I ~ ,10 ._1..,J 0::1 . !)., �r -2- the patient will be promptly removed . The Medical Director (or the Administrat or, if the Medical Director cannot . readily act) shall have full power to judge and t oe.c t upon such matters . MEDICAL REPORT: Prior to admission, a wr itten medical report and opinion, by a licensed physician who is familier wit h and who h.:c1s personally examined the applicant, will be required. The Administrator or Medi cal Director may prescribe a form for such report, and may conduct s uch further inquiry as they deem justified. The requirement s as t o, medical examination and report are for the protection of all patients, including the applicctnt. Information availnble through the Department of Publ.'..c Welfare of Fulton and DeKalb Counties will be sought . Wri.tten commit ment to meet charges will be expected of patients or their kin or other sponsors where ver nppropri~te. Regulations of th e Georgia Department of Family and Children Services will be foll owed on Class A and Class ~ pa t ients . FINANCIAL REPORT,: RESIDENCE : Admission will be limited to reside nts of Fulton and DeKalb Counties, f or Class A and Class B patients ; and to boon-fide dependents cf resident s of these two Counties, for Cl2ss C patien t s. HTW:dc 1.0-3-1963 ' XE RO ---~ COPY _ ____ _ �