Senior Housing Types -- What are they?
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Do you know all the senior housing types? If you have a parent or loved one who is having trouble taking care of themselves, or may no longer be safe at home, you may have to consider finding them a new place to live. Before you pick one of the specific senior housing types, you need to know the different options available so you can figure out what best matches their needs. This video will help teach you the difference between a #retirement community, assisted living and a nursing home.
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0:00 Introduction to Senior Housing: Retirement Communities, Assisted Living, and Nursing Homes
0:38 Americans are living longer
1:08 Do you have to be retired to live in a retirement community?
1:15 How old are people who live in a retirement community?
1:38 Who lives in a retirement community?
1:52 Are pets allowed in a retirement community?
1:57 What facilities are in a retirement community?
2:30 What are the different types of long-term care facilities?
2:40 How many people live in long-term care facilities like nursing homes and assisted living?
2:48 What are the different types of assisted care facilities?
3:10 Who lives in nursing homes?
3:14 What type of nursing facilities are in nursing homes?
3:27 Do nursing homes allow pets?
3:33 What are continuing care retirement communities, or CCRC?
People who want to live independently should check out #retirement communities.
Retirement communities are meant primarily for healthy and active adults. To be honest, you don’t have to be retired to live in a retirement community.
In fact, some allow people in when they’re just 50 years old! The more common minimum ages are 55, 62, and 65.
Some communities allow younger members as well, so always ask about age restrictions.
Within a retirement community, adults live in their own homes within a group of homes set aside for members. They may own or rent apartments, condos, townhouses, or free-standing houses.
And not everyone who lives there is human. Some allow pets! For some prospective residents, that’s a necessity, but for others, a dealbreaker.
Many such communities charge a monthly fee to maintain common areas, such as a clubhouse, gym, or pool. Socialization is a key part of the retirement community lifestyle. The monthly fee may also cover items like a meal plan, recreation, entertainment, life enrichment programs and events, and transportation. Some even offer housekeeping and laundry.
People at retirement communities can live autonomously and socialize as much or as little as they like. But if they need special care, they often have to arrange that on their own.
People who do need personal care support and/or medical care should look into long-term care facilities.
Included in this category are assisted care facilities, which house over a million Americans, and nursing homes, where about one-and-a-half million Americans live.
Assisted care facilities range from large assisted living communities for seniors who want an independent lifestyle but who may need assistance for their individual needs to small Assisted Living Homes, also known as Personal Care Homes, Adult Care Homes, or Adult Foster Care. Traditionally, they’re for people who don’t need skilled nurses but do need help with personal care tasks such as brushing their teeth and showering.
Nursing homes are named after the skilled nurse services that they provide. Many nursing homes offer both skilled nursing facilities, or S.N.F., and intermediate care facilities, or I.C.F. This is a step up from the medical care available in assisted living centers. Some have age restrictions, and we can help you find the ones that allow pets if you want a furry friend to join you.
Jeff Hoyt is SeniorLiving.org’s Editor-in-Chief.
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love the easy to understand content. Thanks for adding value to a needed area on CZcams.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video Jeff. An option for seniors to consider when downsizing from their current home is the reverse mortgage option purchase to get into a 55+ community. With a substantial amount of equity available from the sale of the current residence, with a one time lump sum down payment of up to 50%( may be less depending on the age of the borrowers), they can get into the community and live without a mortgage payment for the rest of their lives. This will allow them to not have to buy the new property out right free and clear. In many cases this is a better decision as it will still leave a substantial amount of money in reserves from the sale of their original home and still allow them to be mortgage free for the rest of their lives. They will only be responsible for monthly homeowner association, property taxes and insurance, the same as they would otherwise.
Great information. Thanks for sharing!
Me, I need so much help, wondering if it’s cheaper in another state
I am 55 years old in California, I just got laid off and am on unemployment benefits for now. If I apply for a 55+ apartment, will in need to be employed/have a job? Thx for any reply.
Disabled veteran
Why you want to Charge so HIGH for Senior Living