Adult Placement Services
Adult Care Facilities in Forsyth County
Placement
Social Worker/Adult Home Specialists, assist individuals and their family members with identifying appropriate placement within the
community which includes adult care facilities.
Medicaid Enhanced Personal Care
Social Worker/Adult Home Specialists provides case management services for residents in need of Medicaid Enhanced Personal Care
Services in the adult care facilities. The overall provision of care and/or services that are provided must adequately
meet the residents’ needs and are consistent with the existing standards for quality care. The case manager verifies Medicaid
eligibility and the need for Enhanced Personal Care Services and authorizes the additional hours of PCS in the areas of
toileting, eating and ambulation/locomotion.
Licensing/Monitoring
Article 1, Chapter 108A of the North Carolina General Statutes requires that County Departments of Social Services foster a
protective environment for frail and vulnerable adults served by the adult care facilities’ industry. The Social
Worker/Adult Home Specialists assure that the various types of adult care facilities operate within the applicable
rules, regulations and laws through on-going planning and the licensure/monitoring process.
Adult Care facilities that are monitored range in size from family care homes with as little as two adults to larger homes with as many as one hundred
adults. The Adult Home Specialists also investigate facility complaints. Major areas monitored are: Residents’ Rights,
Staffing, Food Service, Drug Management and Health Care. If you have a complaint about an adult care facility in Forsyth County,
please call (336) 703-3821.
Adult Care Facilities in Forsyth County
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