Types of Residential Care for Seniors

Description Single family homes or Communities, typically of townhomes for self-sufficient 2-3 story apartments, that seniors that offer the provide 24 hr assistance security and social activities with activities of daily living of a community living such as eating, bathing, and environment. using the bathroom, but not 24 hr medical services.

Services • Laundry/linen service • Laundry/Linen Service • Meals • Meals • Transportation • Transportation • Social activities • Social activities • Bathing/Dressing Note – there are more • Toileting expensive communities • Housekeeping that have all the luxuries of • Medication assistance country clubs. • Security and emergency calls Regulation Not Regulated State Regulations Also Known • Retirement Communities • Assisted Living Facilities

As • Retirement Homes • Personal Care Homes • Senior Apartments • Eldercare facilities • Senior Housing • Domiciliary Care • Board and Care • Residential Care Facilities • Community-Based Retirement Facilities • Adult Living Facilities • Adult Foster Care • Sheltered housing • Community Residences • Group Homes • Adult Family Homes Approximate Market rate to rent or buy a $2,500 to $6,000/month

Costs home plus community fees Avg cost in Texas is $3,795 from $400 – $2,000/month.

Information courtesy of The American Elder Care Research Organization

Communities, typically apartments, Campus-like communities that which provides 24 hr assistance provides a continuum of care, from with activities of daily living and private residences to assisted living medical care by nurses and and skilled nursing care; designed therapists. for individuals with declining conditions and those that want to remain in a single location. • Laundry/linen service • Laundry/linen service • Meals • Meals • Transportation • Transportation • Social activities • Social activities • Bathing/Dressing • Bathing/Dressing • Toileting • Toileting • Housekeeping • Housekeeping • Medication assistance • Medication assistance • Security and emergency calls • Security and emergency calls • 24 hr nursing care • 24 hr nursing care • Condition specific care • Condition specific care • Hospice/end of life services • Hospice/end of life services • Doctors on call • Doctors on call State & Federal Regulations Some State Regulations • Skilled Nursing Facilities • CCRCS • SNF • Continuing Care • Nursing Home Care and • Retirement Facilities Rehabilitation • Life Care Facilities • Convalescent hospital • Life Care Communities • Rest Home $4,500 to $12,000/month Varies with breadth of services required.