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Some Facts About Admission To Highview Nursing Home
. 2800 Springdale Read S. W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30315
Highview Nursing Home is a privately operated, non profit philanthropy,
governed by a self-perpetuating board of directors. (It is not under the
direction of county officers). Service is limited to bona-fide residents
of Fulton County and, to a lesser degree, DeKalb County. Application
for admission is made directly to the administrator's office at the home.
It is not necessary to have the endorsement of recommendation of friends
or public officials. Acceptance of a patient is determined entirely on
the basis of eligibility, need and availability of space.
Application is made on forms provided by Highview, one of which is a
medical report and diagnosis to be made by the applicant's physician.
Medical examination and judgement is required in order to determine
whether Highview can properly serve the patient.
Because this community does not hawe adequate nursing home facilities,
there is a considerable waiting list for admission to Highview, and
acceptance is usually slow. Critical circumstances surrounding a patient
are considered. Often it is best a patient be placed in any nursing home
where space is available, pending a vacancy at Highview; and this will
not lose the patient's priority for Highview admission.
Other factors affecting admission: Some patients floors are restricted
to women, some to men; and a vacancy on the men's ward will not provide
a bed for a woman on the waiting list. Some space is appropriate only
for the care of ambulatory patients. About two-thirds of the space at
Highview is devotd'to patients whose financial circumstances require as-
sistance from public welfare sources; and this ratio is maintained in
considering all applications, Also the ratio between DeKalb and Fulton
residents is maintained.
The officers of Highview are concerned that the services of the Home be
made available to the community in equitable fashion. Our sole object is
to serve those who need this care. However, our maximum capacity is only
a fraction of the total need, and it is impossible to admit many who wish
to enter here. Our most unhappy task is to deny those for whom we can-
not find space.
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Harold T. Ward
Administrator
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