Solutions for Senior Living

Senior Living

Compliance, ADA

Important Questions

  • Are doors equipped with handicap accessible equipment?
  • Are doors able to be opened and closed easily while complying with ADA regulations?
  • Does the facility have any areas that may not be in full compliance with ADA regulations?

ACTUATORS / WAVE TO OPEN

Low-profile touchless actuators meet ADA and ANSI standards for those with limited mobility, enhancing accessibility for all.  They are used in conjunction with low-energy power operators to automate swing doors with a “knowing act” (actuator).  Touchless actuators reduce the spread of germs and bacteria in critical environments.

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Actuators / Wave to Open

Low-profile touchless actuators meet ADA and ANSI standards for those with limited mobility, enhancing accessibility for all. Actuators reduce the spread of germs and bacteria in critical environments.


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LEVER LOCKS

Available Brands: LSDA, Falcon, Arrow, Corbin Russwin, Sargent, Marks, Schlage

For door handle requirements, the ADA says that operable parts shall be operable with one hand and shall not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist.  In general terms, lever locks are ADA-compliant, and knobs are not.  IDN stocks a variety of lever locks with various functions for various areas within a healthcare facility, including bathrooms, closets, patient rooms, storage, and more. 

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THRESHOLDS

Available Brands: Pemko, NGP

ADA compliance focuses on threshold height and thickness because improper use can bar a person from using a mobility aid (e.g., wheelchair) from entering or exiting an area.  A traditional threshold runs across the bottom of an entry door opening to cover seams and provides a seal underneath the door to protect the building from drafts.  A low threshold provides the same function and is designed lower to the ground to comply with ADA requirements.

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POWER DOOR OPERATORS

Electro-mechanical low-energy swing door operators are designed to automate swing doors in ADA barrier-free access situations.  Low-energy operators come loaded with features while offering a quiet, dependable operation.  Operators can be used to automate swinging doors in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living homes, restrooms, and more.   Doors equipped with low-energy operators can be opened manually or through the use of a “knowing act” device (i.e., push button, remote, or touchless wave-to-open actuator). 

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Senior Living

Compliance, Fire / Life Safety

Important Questions

  • Are your fire doors self-closing and positive latching?
  • Are the doors equipped with panic hardware or fire exit hardware?
  • Are the doors within your facility fire rated?
  • Are the doors compliant to fire door regulations?
  • Are the stairwells offering the proper electrified hardware in case of emergency egress?
  • Does the facility have doors with gaps that compromise the integrity of the fire door opening?

DOOR CLOSERS

Available Brands: LCN, Norton, Corbin Russwin, dormakaba, Falcon

As required by fire door protocol, every fire door must have self-closing hardware with a positive latching mechanism.  IDN offers the solution with door closers and a variety of positive latching mechanisms.

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DOORS & FRAMES

Available Brands:  Daybar, Ceco, Steelcraft, Baron, Special-Lite

IDN offers hollow metal, wood, and fiberglass-reinforced polyester (FRP) doors.  Fire-rated doors are available as well. fire-rated doors.  When combined with our extensive offering of hardware, IDN provides complete door-opening solutions.

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STAIRWELL EMERGENCY EGRESS

This mortise lock is commonly used within a stairwell where ingress to specific floors is prohibited for security purposes.  This lock allows egress when power is removed from the building and provides building and fire life safety code compliance for fire-rated doors because all wires are contained in the door frame – eliminating the need to prep the door for wires to maintain fire ratings.

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ELECTRO-MAGNETIC DOOR HOLDERS

Available Brands: LSDA, ABH, Norton, Rixson

For use on fire/smoke barrier doors to hold doors open until released by a remote switching device.  Various models are available including surface wall mount, recessed wall mount, and flush wall mount.

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OVERHEAD DOOR HOLDER

Available Brands: Glynn-Johnson, ABH

The SensaGuard Holder and Release Smoke Detector is designed to allow fire doors to remain open for easy passage while releasing doors in an emergency to meet fire code. It is designed to be used with a door closer (sold separately).  Once the holder releases, the door closer should close the door. 

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GAP GUARD

Proper gap tolerances ensure that a fire door will perform as it is intended.  Gaps that are outside of tolerance can lead to compromised fire door integrity in a fire situation as well as not allowing the fire door latching mechanism to engage fully as it is required to do by regulatory code.

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Senior Living

Compliance, HIPAA

Important Questions

  • Are personal records secure at all times during the day?
  • Does management know who has access to the personal records?
  • Does management know how many keys and/or passwords are available for existing systems?

CABINET LOCKS, ELECTRONIC

Available Brands: Codelocks, CompX, HES 

When patient records are stored in a cabinet or drawer, IDN offers both mechanical and electronic locking solutions.  The keypad lock shown can have twenty codes set per lock (including a supervisor code). Locks come in self-locking and manual locking versions, and an audit trail is an option if it is important to know who entered a cabinet and when.  

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Cabinet Locks, Electronic

When patient records are stored in a key cabinet or keypad drawer, IDN offers the solution in both mechanical and electronic. Offering Small Format IC to allow the lock to be keyed to an existing system within the building.


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CABINET LOCKS, MECHANICAL

Available Brands: Olympus, HPC, Kidde, Medeco, Frank Martin

When patient records are stored in a cabinet or drawer, IDN offers both mechanical and electronic locking solutions.  The mechanical solution shown is designed for SFIC cores to allow the lock to be keyed to an existing system within the building.  Cores sold separately.

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File Cabinet Locks

Locking patient records within a file cabinet is critical from prying eyes. When a Cabinet Lock is not an option, File Cabinet Bars are a solution.


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Entrance Locks

DL2700 offers the convenience of controlling access to unauthorized employees from the patient records room. With an option of Audit trail, these offer a perfect solution.


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Senior Living

Delayed Egress / Elopement

Important Questions

Elopement meaning:  The term “elopement” in a senior living facility is used to describe a situation when a resident/patient who is mentally, physically, chemically, emotionally, and/or cognitively impaired wanders away (either walks, runs, escapes, etc.) by exiting the facility unsupervised, unnoticed, and/or prior to scheduled discharge.

Products on this page provide solutions to help monitor exit doors to keep patients safe while mitigating the risk of elopement.

  • Are exit doors equipped with alarmed devices to alert staff upon unwanted egress?
  • Are door prop alarms on exit doors to assure exit doors remain closed?

STANDALONE EXIT ALARM

Available Brands: Detex, Alarm Lock

This exit alarm is designed for applications that require a battery-powered alarm on secured doors (e.g., emergency doors, restricted doors, etc.).  The alarm has approximately 100 decibels) and will sound when someone attempts an unauthorized exit.

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Stand Alone

Prevent unauthorized exits with 100 decibel alarms when someone attempts an unauthorized exit.


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EXIT DEVICE ALARMS

Available Brands: Best, Von Duprin, Alarm Lock, Detex, LSDA 

This exit alarm lock provides secure, alarmed, code-compliant protection for secondary exits.  It readily identifies the door as an emergency exit and secures the opening against unauthorized use.

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Exit Device Alarms

Provide secure protection through a large exit alarm. Resists tampering and vandalism from inside the door.


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Delayed Egress Exit Devices

Designed for primary and secondary exits, delayed egress exit devices provide a secure 15-second delay and a 100 decibel alarm when someone attempts to exit. Delay on the Exit will occur for a period of 15 seconds, per NFPA 101


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Delayed Egress Exit Devices

Designed for primary and secondary exits, delayed egress exit devices provide a secure 15-second delay and a 100 decibel alarm when someone attempts to exit. Delay on the Exit will occur for a period of 15 seconds, per NFPA 101


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Senior Living

Door Hardware, Mechanical Locks

Important Questions

  • Does your facility have a preventative maintenance program to assure all locks are operating & securing doors properly?
  • Have the manual closing doors with hydraulic door closers been tested to ensure they meet ADA low resistance opening effort standards?
  • Are doors protected from damage and scarring from moving objects such as wheelchairs or carts?

GRADE 1 LOCKS

Available Brands: LSDA, Falcon, Arrow, Corbin Russwin, Sargent, Marks, Schlage 

Grade 1 heavy duty lever locks designed to conform to national and state fire and ADA requirements.  Also available with an anti-microbial coating.

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Locks

Lever locks available in heavy duty Grade 1 ANSI, fire rating available and Anti-Microbial Coating available.


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GRADE 1 DOOR CLOSERS

Available Brands: LCN, Norton, Corbin Russwin, dormakaba, Falcon 

Heavy duty closers are designed for the most demanding high-traffic applications.  Can be used in healthcare facilities to enable compliance with fire and ADA requirements. 

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Door Closers

A type of hardware that is used to close a door either mechanically or automatically. Grade 1, Heavy Duty, Available in Fire Rated and ANSI.


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EXIT DEVICES GRADE 1 & 2

Available Brands: Von Duprin, Falcon, LSDA, Best (dormakaba), Detex, Corbin Russwin, Arrow, Sargent, Yale, Marks, Adams Rite

Exit devices (sometimes called panic devices or crash bars) operate from the inside of a door and are available in a variety of lengths finishes and fire ratings.  Rim Exit (as shown) or Vertical Rod are available to suit every door

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Exit Devices

Exit Devices (Sometimes called a Panic Device or a Crash Bar) operates from the inside, and is available in a variety of lengths, finishes, as well as Fire Rated. Rim Exit (as shown) or Vertical Rod are available to suite every door.


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ACCESSORIES

Available Brands:  ABH, Glynn-Johnson

Overhead holders and stops are extremely versatile and can be used in conjunction with most surface-applied door closers.  All models incorporate a heavy-duty channel/slide-arm design and offset jamb bracket.

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ACCESSORIES, CONTINUOUS HINGES

Available Brands: LSDA, Roton, Select 

Continuous hinges are ideal for renovation/retrofit or new construction. Hinge failure is the most common cause of entrance failure.  A geared continuous hinge puts an end to costly and frustrating hinge failure problems.

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