Assisted Living - What is Assisted Living?

Assisted Living Communities provide a balance of residential living, health services, recreational services, and assistance with daily living activities. It offers residents many of the same benefits as independent living, while providing basic help in areas that may have become more personally challenging.

Assisted Living Features:

• Single Apartments. Many offer studios, 1- bedroom and 2-bedroom units
• 3-meals daily
• Emergency pendants and/or call boxes
• Housekeeping
• Laundry
• Assistance with Personal care which includes the following; bathing, dressing, grooming, medication management, toileting and transferring.* Note, these are typically listed as separate costs. Please refer to Advice to learn more.
• Transportation
• Specially designed showers and handrails to accommodate all residents
• Activities ( usually managed by an Activities director on site)

Who is a typical Assisted Living resident?

Assisted Living is typically for those seniors who can no longer manage on their own but not need the intensive, 24-hour complex medical services of traditional long-term care. The average assisted living resident is 83 years old and requires assistance with at least two Daily living activities (refer to above section) . About 60% of these residents are female.

How do I know when its time to consider Assisted Living?

Signs:

• lack of food in the refrigerator or placing more to-go orders on a regular basis may signal a driving difficulty or fear
• Personal hygiene changes such as a failure to bathe on a daily basis or wearing the same clothes everyday
• A dirty home that was formerly very neat or the house not being cleaned on a regular basis.
• Constant complaints and excessive tiredness could be a possible sign of depression or loneliness.
• Forgetfulness such as forgetting to take medications, leaving food cooking on the stove, the phone left off the hook or bills left unpaid.