| CONTINUING-CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES | | | | seniors needing assistance with activities of daily |
| (CCRCS) | | | | living, but not the need for constant care as in a |
| Continuing Care Retirement Communities are | | | | skilled Nursing Facility. Some senior assisted living |
| designed to allow seniors to "age in place". The senior | | | | facilities in Los Angeles offer medical care, (LVNS or |
| resident can choice from many coordinated activities | | | | RNS) but often it is not the same level of care that |
| that are offered throughout the week. This type of | | | | is found in a Nursing Home. Some places have trained |
| community offers the resident a long-term contract | | | | staff on-site during the day hours and less at night |
| that provides different types of senior housing | | | | (depending on the amount of residents).They are not |
| options (Independent, assisted living and Nursing | | | | required to have a nurse on staff. Some assisted |
| Care), usually all in one location. This type of | | | | living facilities have private or semi-private |
| community offers seniors that are currently living | | | | apartments. They usually have a small kitchen area, |
| independently, the security of continuing elder care | | | | handicap accessed bathroom and are a self-contained |
| services for as long as their needs might change. | | | | unit or can have additional bedrooms. |
| Starting with living on ones own, then transferring to | | | | In this type of senior retirement living a resident |
| assisted living and later to Nursing care all onsite, not | | | | would not have to be concerned with having to |
| moving to another location. The retirement living | | | | prepare meals every day, these places usually offer |
| community in Los Angeles may range from high rise | | | | three balanced meals a day served in a central dining |
| apartments and condos to cottages and duplexes or | | | | room. Family members often visit and can dine with |
| sometimes single family homes. These | | | | their family member with notice. As well as the senior |
| Continuing-Care Communities require an entry or | | | | resident visiting with others at the residential care |
| life-time commitment contract, regardless of their | | | | home. |
| future needs. They are the most expensive type of | | | | Most senior citizen housing offers assistance for |
| senior housing long-term-care available and should be | | | | persons who are able to care for themselves except |
| given much consideration before making a decision of | | | | for a few activities, such as preparing meals, cleaning, |
| the elder care cost. | | | | bathing. dressing, personal hygiene. They usually offer |
| Assisted Living in Los Angeles | | | | different levels of senior care (for a additional costs) |
| Assisted Senior Living Facilities usually refer to a | | | | depending on the needs of the resident. |
| facility that is non-medical and provides elder care for | | | | |