What is an Enriched Living Program?
Lets begin with what it isnt. An Enriched Living Program is not skilled nursing, which one would receive in a nursing home where one may be bedfast and/or unable to ambulate or transfer from a chair to a bed without assistance. An Enriched Living Program fills the gap between Independent Living and Assisted Living and offers individualized supportive services such as medication assistance; assistance with bathing dressing and grooming, friendly reminders of activities and meal times and case management services. Any community offering an Enriched Living Program must be licensed by The New York State Department of Health, which regulates and monitors compliance.
Let’s begin with what it isn’t. An Enriched Living Program is not skilled nursing, which one would receive in a nursing home where one may be bedfast and/or unable to ambulate or transfer from a chair to a bed without assistance. An Enriched Living Program fills the gap between Independent Living and Assisted Living and offers individualized supportive services such as medication assistance; assistance with bathing dressing and grooming, friendly reminders of activities and meal times and case management services. Any community offering an Enriched Living Program must be licensed by The New York State Department of Health, which regulates and monitors compliance.
