| Assisted living means freedom and dignity for people | | | | one type of care unit to another with a minimum of |
| in need of help to maintain their daily lives. Assisted | | | | stress. |
| living facilities are in the middle between nursing | | | | Assisted living means help with dressing, walking, |
| homes and independent living. Independent living is for | | | | bathing, eating, laundry, and housekeeping. People |
| the elderly who are able to live on their own but who | | | | who are experiencing confusion or memory loss can |
| do not want to maintain their own home. Many | | | | also receive special assistance. Help with medications |
| people like life in a community of people of similar | | | | and medical assistance are also readily available. There |
| age who share their interests. Independent | | | | are many different types of facilities offering |
| retirement living communities provide many social | | | | different accommodations, but typically residents |
| activities, trips, and community service. Often | | | | have private rooms and meals are taken communally. |
| independent living facilities also provide all meals | | | | Recreational and social activities are provided, as well |
| prepared, and they also provide a wide variety of | | | | as opportunities for community participation. |
| services and amenities. Unlike residents of | | | | There are assisted living Illinois facilities of all types |
| independent living communities, residents of assisted | | | | and financial ranges for people in many different |
| living are people who are not able to live alone; but | | | | financial circumstances; and help in securing financial |
| neither do they need the continual care of a nursing | | | | assistance is also available. Usually upon admission a |
| home. Assisted living facilities differ from nursing | | | | service plan tailored to the needs of each resident |
| homes in that nursing homes care for people who | | | | details the individual services which are required and |
| are too frail for independent living, and who need | | | | which the facility will provide. This plan is regularly |
| continual medical supervision. The elderly who are | | | | updated to reflect changes in the patient's condition. |
| basically self-sufficient and require less constant | | | | There are usually three types of contract available. All |
| assistance are better served by assisted living | | | | of them include home, services, amenities, and |
| facilities. These Chicagoland assisted living facilities | | | | emergency care options. They can be extensive, |
| make a point of encouraging the elderly to be as | | | | modified, or pay per service. The extensive contract |
| independent as possible. The philosophy is one of | | | | is the most expensive, but over the long pull may be |
| respect for the dignity of the individual - their right to | | | | the most cost effective. Extensive usually includes |
| make their own decisions. Assisted living facilities | | | | unlimited nursing care without increasing cost. Modified |
| often combine with independent residences on the | | | | contracts include a specified amount of nursing care, |
| one hand and with nursing homes on the other, to | | | | with any additional required care paid by the patient. |
| create a continuing care community in which residents | | | | The pay per service contract, which is usually |
| whose needs change over time can transfer from | | | | cheapest, does not include nursing care. |