What is an Enhanced or Special Needs Assisted Living Residence?
An Assisted Living Residence (ALR) can obtain additional certification to become an Enhanced Assisted Living Residence (EALR), which permits the ALR to offer aging in place services. It can also obtain certification to become a Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR) and offer specialized care. ALRs with an EALR certification can admit and retain residents who exceed certain retention standards of adult homes, enriched housing programs or assisted living residences. If a residence has an EALR certification, individuals can continue to live in the ALR even if they need another person to help them walk, transfer, climb or descend stairs, or operate medical equipment. Essentially, an EALR allows residents to age in place. Care for Residents with Alzheimers or Dementia Many Adult Care Facilities and Assisted Living Residences can safely accommodate residents in the early stages of dementia or Alzheimers disease. These individuals are integrated into the general population at their
