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5 Types of Senior Living

1/17/2020

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If you're looking for an appropriate assisted senior living setting for a loved one chances are you have a lot of questions. Navigating the various aspects of senior living can be confusing. Each setting has its own unique benefits and no two are exactly alike. Here are a few of the most common types of senior living settings:
 
Independent living
Independent living communities are designed to enable healthy independent seniors to enjoy a low maintenance lifestyle filled with recreational and social activities among other seniors of a similar same age. These communities are generally restricted to people over the age of 55. Independent living communities do not offer health care services on campus.
 
Assisted living
Assisted living communities provide a combination of housing and healthcare services to seniors who may need addition support to managing typical activities of daily living. Assisted living facilities offer assistance with meals, bathing, medication and housekeeping. Additional features usually available include social gathering spaces, pools, exercise rooms, regular activities and outings. Some assisted living communities offer specialized services such as memory care for those who have dementia or Alzheimer’s.
 
Adult Family Home
An adult family home offers many of the benefits of assisted living such as help with medication, bathing and other activities of daily living but on a much smaller scale. These homes are generally run by independent operators caring for up to six residents at a time. Care is often provided within the care givers own home. This is a very intimate home like setting that offers much more individualized attention.
 
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) are a type of retirement community that provides seniors with the full spectrum of options from independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing all on one campus. Continuing care retirement communities offer the ability to age in place and eliminate the need to move from one facility to another as health care needs progress.
 
Skilled Nursing
Often referred to as nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities provide 24 hour nursing care for those who need more direct daily care that is provided in a supportive living environment. Skilled nursing is often short term after a hospital stay but can be long term for those who need high levels of care. These facilities may also have specialized care such as physical therapy or occupational therapy.
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Mia Evans link
9/21/2021 04:18:27 pm

Thanks for pointing out that assisted living facilities would be for seniors who need additional support for their daily living. I guess this is the kind of service we need for my grandmother now that she is almost 70 years old. She has mobility issues now, and she can't go to the bathroom on her own anymore. So I hope to find a trust facility for her.

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Max Jones link
9/23/2021 03:28:37 pm

I appreciate the information about senior living options. My parents are getting ready to retire. I'll help them look for a retirement community they can stay at.

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Victoria Addington link
2/17/2022 06:15:12 am

I am most captivated when you wrote that retirement communities provide the capacity to age in place and remove the necessity to transfer from one facility to another as health care conditions progress. I think this is the best facility for my grandfather since he doesn't like to keep moving places. I'll look for a retirement community that would fit my grandfather's preferences.

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Admin link
2/17/2022 12:16:06 pm

That's wonderful! Let us know if you could use any help from a expert senior advisor in your area.

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Marie Johnson link
3/3/2022 12:48:14 pm

Assisted living facilities offer assistance with meals, bathing, medication and housekeeping. Additional features usually available include social gathering spaces, Thank you for sharing your great post!

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Shon Huggins link
3/12/2022 10:49:09 am

Enjoy a low maintenance lifestyle filled with recreational and social activities among other seniors of a similar same age, Thank you for taking the time to write a great post!

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Joseph Shelton link
3/14/2022 01:11:08 pm

This is a very intimate home like setting that offers much more individualized attention. Thank you for the beautiful post!

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Leonard Lynch link
3/14/2022 03:34:41 pm

Five types of senior living communities: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Personal Care, Memory Care, I’m so thankful for your helpful post!

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Michael Bales link
4/21/2022 11:39:13 am

These homes are generally run by independent operators caring for up to six residents at a time. Care is often provided within the care givers own home. I’m so thankful for your helpful post!

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Eli Richardson link
4/26/2022 08:42:37 am

It's so cool that you explained what options we could have for senior living homes. The other week, my mom said she's interested in checking her retirement options and touring them soon. I believe my mom could benefit from reading your article about care retirement communities, so I'll share it with her right now. Thank you for the advice on how to find the best option for your retirement.

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Major Moreland link
4/27/2022 01:44:52 pm

Some assisted living communities offer specialized services such as memory care for those who have dementia or Alzheimer’s. Thank you for making this such an awesome post!

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Walter Veilleux link
4/28/2022 02:16:34 pm

Are designed to enable healthy independent seniors to enjoy a low maintenance lifestyle filled with recreational and social activities among other seniors of a similar same age. Thank you for the beautiful post!

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Lance Aldridge link
4/29/2022 02:16:43 pm

You have a variety of different types of senior living and retirement community options to choose from when you're looking to move. Thank you for sharing your great post!

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Braden Bills link
6/7/2022 06:59:27 am

I want to make sure that I get the right senior living services for my dad. It makes sense that an assisted living community would be beneficial. That seems like a good way to ensure that everything is handled properly.

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George Holt link
8/25/2022 12:41:39 pm

An adult family home offers many of the benefits of assisted living such as help with medication, Thank you for taking the time to write a great post!

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