shared and supervised housing for those who cannot function independently. Various types of homes serve those who need minimal support to those more severely impaired.
Assisted Living Facilities provide assistance with activities of daily living, 24-hour supervision, and medications management. Assisted Living Facilities are licensed by the PA Department of Public Welfare. Also, see Personal Care Home in this glossary. CaregiverPA Resources - Assisted Living Facilities
Assisted Living Facilities provide assistance with activities of daily living, 24-hour supervision, and medication management. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services licenses Assisted Living Facilities.
A type of facility that bridges the gap between homes for the aged and nursing homes. Assisted-care living facilities provide certain medical services, which typically can be self-administered, for people with no other health problems and who medically do not need the more intensive nursing services provided in nursing homes. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): The federal agency, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, that administers health service programs including Medicare and Medicaid.
Residences that combine housing, supportive services, personalized assistance, and health care to respond to the individual needs of those who need assistance with ADL's, but who do not need the level of skilled medical care provided in a nursing home. Assisted Living residences fall into two categories: Centers that provide resident rooms or units for eleven or more people and Homes that provide resident rooms for 10 or fewer people.
These facilities can be an attractive residential alternative for people who require some assistance but do not need the intensity of care provided at a nursing facility. And they have may have special appeal for middle-income seniors because they tend to be less expensive than nursing homes and in many cases offer more attractive physical surroundings. Assisted living facilities range in size from very small operations to large-scale developments with 600-800 residents. They offer a wide range of personal care and health related services. In addition to room and board they provide 24-hour emergency monitoring, supervision, and dispensing of medications, opportunities for socializing, and assistance with one or more activities of daily living. Many of the newer facilities now have a nursing facility wing and Alzheimer's wing attached.
Facilities that provide three meals a day, supervision of medications, weekly housekeeping, and around the clock supervision.
A facility that provides a combination of housing and personalized health care in a professionally managed group-setting designed to respond to the individual needs of persons who require assistance with activities of daily living. The facility provides care to residents who cannot live independently, but who do not require 24 hour nursing care. Terminology varies from state to state, and a facility that is called an Assisted Living Facility in one state might be called other things in other states, i.e. a Residential Care Facility (RCF), Board and Care Home, a Domiciliary Care Facility, an Adult Care Home, or a Community-Based Care Facility.