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WHAT IS ASSISTED LIVING?

Assisted Living Facilities are typically for individuals 60 years of age and older. The facilities are licensed by the State and range in size from 15 to 300 residents on average. Assisted Living Facilities are staffed 24 hours a day to assist residents as needed. Their function is to provide an apartment-like atmosphere for elderly persons in need of care.

Residents are provided with:

• Shared support such as transportation, medication monitoring, social and recreational programs
• Housekeeping and assistance with their daily living activities such as eating, bathing, getting in and out of bed, and using the restroom
• Centralized dining services

Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) are residential homes that have been licensed by the State to take care of individuals 60 years of age and older. The facilities are located in a residential neighborhood and range in size from 1 to 14 residents on average. Their function is to provide all the same services as Assisted Living Facilities plus the following:

• Provide a more intimate home-like setting where the resident can enjoy a living room, backyard, kitchen/dining services which include three meals a day plus snacks and a private or shared bedroom
• Provide a higher level of assistance to the residents such as transferring from the bed or wheelchair, ambulating, meals, dressing, incontinence, and personal hygiene

Some of the Conditions Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly can help with:

Alzheimer's Dementia Diabetes Limited Mobility Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation Wheel Chair Dependent Bed Bound Incontinence of the bowel & bladder

Wound Care Terminally Ill/ Hospice Respite Care Strokes Swallow protocol Physical Therapy Fractured Bones Head Trauma

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