August 7, 2009 in Community Types
Congregate Housing is for seniors who are no longer able or willing to live completely independently. They may still wish to live in a private senior apartment, but welcome being free of the responsibilities of grocery shopping, meal preparation and housework. They are capable of getting to the communal dining area independently. As the average ...
August 7, 2009 in Community Types
A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly. The usual pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Additional facilities are provided within the building. Often this includes facilities for meals, gathering, recreation, and some form of health or hospice care. ...
August 7, 2009 in Community Types
There are two types of nursing facilities associated with residential facilities. Intermediate care facilities which provide custodial and intermediate care, and skilled nursing facilities, which provide custodial, intermediate, and skilled care. Defining some terms, custodial care is nonmedical care that includes around-the-clock supervision, as well as assistance with personal needs such as eating, bathing, dressing, ...
August 7, 2009 in Community Types
Independent Living Communities are designed for seniors who are active, healthy and able to live without assistance. They generally consists of homes, condominiums, town houses, apartments, and/or mobile and motor homes where residents maintain an independent lifestyle. Some communities offer only minimal services such as building and grounds maintenance, and security. The residential units may ...
August 7, 2009 in Community Types
Continuing Care Retirement Communities are designed for healthy people who are looking for security. They meet the needs of seniors who don’t want additional worries about where they are going to live as they grow older and how they are going to cope with potential future illness or the frailty of extreme old age. If ...
August 7, 2009 in Community Types
Alzheimer’s Care Facilities specialize in caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. In the early or mid-stages of the disease, patients may be able to live in an assisted living facility. Frequently, assisted living facilities have a separate Alzheimer’s unit. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease that attacks the brain ...
August 7, 2009 in Community Types
Active Adult Communities include single-family homes, town homes, cluster homes, manufactured housing and multifamily housing. There are two types: age-restricted and age-targeted. Age-Restricted Communities are specifically aimed at persons age 55 and older. Under rules set down by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) in the Fair Housing Act, the housing must ...
August 7, 2009 in Community Types
Assisted Living Facilities are typically a large community where residents live in an apartment type setting. Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) may vary by size, number of amenities, and price. Most ALF’s provide the following in their base rate: Room and Board Three meals and several snacks per day Weekly Housekeeping Weekly Linen Service Utilities, except ...
January 1, 2009 in Community Types
Accreditation: A seal of approval given by an autonomous governing body to a community or service provider. To become accredited, the community or provider must meet specific requirements set by the accreditation entity and is then generally required to undergo a thorough review process by a team of evaluators to ensure certain standards of quality. ...
