Assisted living is for people who need help with daily tasks but don’t require 24/7 medical care. Residents live in their own apartments and get support with things like bathing, dressing, and medication management. Nursing homes provide more intensive medical care.

Absolutely. Our Respite Care program lets them stay for a few days or weeks to see if The Gardens at Lake Alfred is the right fit.

Yes. Our team handles household chores like laundry, cleaning, and maintenance, so residents can spend more time on the parts of life they enjoy.

Yes. We offer scheduled rides for medical appointments on set days each week.

Call us at 863-956-0411 or schedule online. We’ll show you around, answer your questions, and help you understand what life at The Gardens at Lake Alfred looks like.

The Gardens at Lake Alfred Visitation Policy

Southern Gardens FL AL Management LLC

Assisted Living License #8937

Policy:

It is the policy of the facility to ensure safe visitation to our residents consistent

with the residents “Bill of Rights” F.S.429.28. In addition, to educate employees

and visitors of residents on procedures related to infection control, screening,

personal protective equipment, and other infection control protocols.

Procedures:

1. This Facility will ensure that in person visitation will be allowed unless the

resident objects. Visitation will be allowed for any length of time within

normal visitation hours. There is no limit on the number of visitors the

resident may have.

2. The facility will provide immediate access to any resident by:

• Any representative of the Secretary of HHS;
• Any representative of the State of Florida;
• Any representative of the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman;
• The resident’s physician;
• Any representative of the protection and advocacy systems, as designated by the State of Florida, and as established under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of rights of 2000;
• Any representative of the agency responsible for the protection and advocacy system for individuals with mental disorder as established under the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 2000;
• The resident representative; or Immediate family and other relatives of the resident, subject to the resident’s right to deny or withdraw consent at any time.

3. The administrator is designated as the person responsible for ensuring

that staff adhere to the visitation policies and procedures.

4. Each resident /representative shall receive a copy of this facility’s policies

and procedures for visitation.

5. The facility will respect the right of the resident to determine the number of

visitors he/she would like to have at any given time during the 9am-9pm

visiting hours.

6. The facility will designate a staff member to support infection control and

prevention by providing information on the visitation policy to the visitors.

7. Visitation will be from 9am-9pm, at a minimum. Visitors requesting to come

any other time need to make arrangements with the administration or

designee in advance.

8. The Facility will not require visitors to provide proof of vaccination.

9. Visitors and residents may choose to remove their masks when visiting in

private areas away from others, such as resident rooms when roommate is

not present.

10. Residents are permitted consensual physical contact between residents

and visitors.

11. Visitors may eat with a resident if the resident (or representative) and the visitor

are aware of the risks and adhere to the core principles of infection prevention.

Eating in a separate area is preferred, however if that is not possible, then the

meal could occur in a common area as long as the visitor, regardless of their

vaccination status, is physically distanced from other residents and wears a

mask, except while eating or drinking. If the visitor is unable to physically

distance from other residents, they should not share a meal with the resident in a

common area. Visitors, regardless of vaccination status, must wear masks and

physically distance from other residents and staff when in a communal area in

the facility.

12. In rare circumstances when an outbreak may be uncontrolled and the facility has

been working with the local health department to stop the outbreak, visitation

may be paused at the direction of the health department. If the outbreak is

severe enough to warrant pausing visitation, it would also warrant a pause on

accepting new admissions (as long as there is adequate alternative access to

care for hospital discharges).

13. The visitation policy allows in-person visitation in all of the following circumstances, unless the resident, client, or patient objects:
14. End-of-life situations.
15. A resident, client, or patient who was living with family before being admitted to the provider’s care is struggling with the change in environment and lack of in-person family support
16. The resident, client, or patient is making one or more major medical decisions.
17. A resident, client, or patient is experiencing emotional distress or grieving the loss of a friend or family member who recently died.
18. A resident, client, or patient needs cueing or encouragement to eat or drink which was previously provided by a family member or caregiver.
19. A resident, client, or patient who used to talk and interact with others is seldom speaking.

Download the PDF below for the Resident Authorized Visitors Designation, Employee’s Acknowledgement Of Responsibility In-Person Visitation Screening And Infection Control Procedures, Certification Of Education For Visitors Of Residents, and COVID-19 Visitor’s Screening Tool.

Click here to view or download the PDF.