Retirement Communities
Make life easier for yourself, or find the care your loved one needs – from active living to nursing care, a retirement community could be the right path.
What Are Retirement Communities?
Retirement communities are designed to help retirees relax, flourish, and enjoy life. The options found here will accommodate a wide spectrum of wants and needs: from the active weekly tennis player searching for an easier lifestyle, to those needing a bit more help while living with the challenge of declining abilities.
Active Living
These communities offer residents a more carefree lifestyle – eliminating daily burdens like housekeeping and lawn care while providing access to services and amenities that make aging more enjoyable.
Types of Active Living
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Active Adult Communities
These low-maintenance homes offer services and amenities aimed at giving homeowners a more carefree lifestyle.
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CCRC
Also known as Life Plan Communities, CCRCs provide a continuum of care for residents for the rest of their lives.
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Independent Living
Communities that offer amenities (and possibly meals) in an environment that helps foster friendships with neighbors through mutually enjoyed hobbies and activities.
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Senior Apartments
Designed for easy living, these rented apartments cater to older adults seeking a home that requires little upkeep.
Assisted Care
These options offer a bit more help with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as grooming, bathing, and dressing. They also provide regular meals, and, in addition, give residents access to opportunities for social engagement to help avoid isolation.
Types of Assisted Care
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Assisted Living
Residential communities, licensed by the state, that foster strong social connections while providing meals and assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs).
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Personal Care Communities
A type of licensed long-term care community in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and select other states that is more comprehensive than the state’s certified assisted living communities
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Residential Care Homes
Also known as family care homes, these provide assisted living services in a single-family house. Since they are generally licensed by the state for only two to six beds, they tend to cultivate a more family-like environment.
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Respite Care
Short-term care that offers caregivers a temporary and well-deserved break. Many families explore this option while considering a more permanent solution.
Nursing Care
These options are for patients or residents that have a higher acuity of need, such as an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, chronic illness, recovery from injury or hospital stay, etc.
Types of Nursing Care
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Long-Term Care
Communities that provide 24-hour care on a long-term basis. These can include Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs), assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing facilities.
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Memory Care
Care catered to those with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias. These centers can be found within a secured unit at an assisted living community or CCRC, or provided in a stand-alone building.
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Rehabilitation Care
Temporary, specialized care to help patients regain as much strength, mobility, and function as possible after suffering from an injury, illness, hospital stay, stroke, or other life-altering event.
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Skilled Nursing Facilities
Communities that provide a higher level of care, beyond activities of daily living (ADLs), with an RN (registered nurse) on staff 24 hours a day. Treatment can be provided around-the-clock, either on a short-term or long-term basis.
