What is assisted living?
An assisted living facility or residence combines housing, supportive services, personalized assistance and healthcare designed to meet the individual’s needs on a daily basis. These needs may include: Bathing Dressing Balancing a checkbook Medication reminders Housework, etc. In many assisted living facilities, 24-hour supportive services are available to meet the planned and unplanned needs of the residents. Residents in assisted living facilities may have their own rooms, suites or apartments, or they may share their quarters with their spouses or roommates. Unlike independent living facilities, congregate living facilities, shared living arrangements or home health care programs, assisted living facilities provide some level of ongoing supervision of residents and assume responsibility for their well-being. Click here for our assisted living information and resources links page.
Assisted Living is one long-term care option that offers an alternative to nursing facility placement; it bridges the gap between independent living and nursing home care. Assisted living typically offers assistance with the basic self care activities such as bathing, toileting, meals and laundry to name a few. It ensures residents have access to staff 24 hours a day. In Ohio, assisted living communities are licensed by the Ohio Department of Health as residential care facilities. Payment for Assisted Living can be either private pay or for individuals who are eligible, through the state paid Medicaid Waiver Program. The program is a statewide, Medicaid-funded program that allows eligible individuals age 21 and older to reside in and receive services from a licensed residential care facility. A care manager works with the consumer and the facility to develop and maintain a care plan. For more detailed information about the Waiver Program and a free long-term care consultation contact t
Assisted living is a residential care option for individuals who typically can no longer live independently. It provides or coordinates services to meet residents’ individualized needs in ways that promote their independence and reflect their personal choices. There are over 26 designations that states use to refer to what is commonly known as ‘assisted living’ and there is no single uniform definition of assisted living. The following is the definition that CCAL and a large number of national organizations support: Assisted living is a state regulated and monitored residential long term care option. Assisted living provides or coordinates oversight and services to meet the residents’ individualized scheduled needs, based on the residents’ assessment and service plans and their unscheduled needs as they arise. Service provisions must include but are not limited to: • 24-hour awake staff • Provision and oversight of personal and supportive services • Health related services (e.g. medica
