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Q: What is retirement living?
Q: Are retirement Living Communities rental properties or do you buy them?
Q: What are the services that are typically included in Retirement Living?
Q: What is the typical age qualification for "Senior Living?"
Q: What is Assisted Living?
Q: Who benefits from Assisted Living?
Q: What types of services are offered in Assisted Living Residences?
Q: What does "special care" mean?
Q: What is a CCRC?
Q: Do Senior Living Communities typically offer transportation?
Q: What types of activities are offered in a senior living environment?
Q. What is Retirement Living?
A. Retirement living is for people who want to enjoy the benefits of living among people their own age in a sound environment with access to wonderful services and amenities like chef-prepared meals, fitness programs, transportation and housekeeping. Retirement communities vary in size and in type of living environments offered. Features and amenities can include meals, transportation services, common spaces like libraries and activities rooms and fitness programs. Residences vary in size and style and range from two-bedroom villas to studio apartments.
Q. Are Retirement Living Communities rental properties or do you buy them?
A. Typically a Senior Lifestyle Corporation community is a rental community with a month-to-month lease; however, some communities have residents purchase a home or participate in an endowment or "buy-in" program.
Q. What are the services that are typically included in Senior Congregate Living?
A. Retirement living services may vary but typically include:
Q. What is the typical age qualification for "Senior Living?"
A. Typically, senior living starts at age 62.
Q. What is Assisted Living?
A. Assisted Living is a special combination of housing, personalized care and health care designed to respond to the individual needs of those who require help with the activities of daily living. In general, Assisted Living residences provide more health-related services than retirement living. They offer a less expensive, more residential approach to delivering many of the same services that are available in a skilled nursing facility.
Assisted Living care promotes maximum independence and dignity for each resident and encourages the involvement of a resident's family, neighbors and friends. Staff is available 24 hours to meet both scheduled and unscheduled needs.
Q. Who benefits from Assisted Living?
A. Assisted Living is appropriate for someone who needs help with the "activities of daily living" but doesn't require the services that a nursing home provides. Senior Lifestyle Corporation Assisted Living services are tailored to meet the specific needs of those residents who require additional support services. Residents may suffer from Alzheimer's Disease or memory disorders, or may simply need help with mobility, incontinence or dressing and bathing. Assisted Living is appropriate for someone who is too frail to live at home or who wants extra support.
Q. What types of services are offered in Assisted Living Residences?
A. The services that are available in an Assisted Living community usually include:
Q. What does "Special Care" mean?
A. Special Care usually refers to specialized services delivered in a secure area for memory-impaired residents. Special care staff members have expertise in caring for residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia with patience and compassion. Everything from stimulating activities to the simplicity of the building layout and design is created with the Alzheimer's residents' special needs in mind.
Q. What is a CCRC?
A. A CCRC is a Continuing Care Retirement Community. A CCRC offers Retirement Living, Assisted Living and healthcare services all in a single, caring community.
Q. Do senior living communities typically offer transportation?
A. Transportation services are often provided to scheduled locations that have a broad appeal. Some communities offer "Personal Express" services that are available for local transport with advance notice.
Q. What types of activities are offered in a senior living environment?
A. Activities programs vary across the country. Programs can include:
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