Slide 1 Residential

Residential long-term care facilities are a good option for elderly or disabled individuals who can no longer live at home. There are three types: independent living communities allow for some assistance and monitoring, assisted living facilities provide more help with daily activities, and skilled nursing facilities offer extensive support for those who cannot do anything on their own. These facilities provide emotional support, activities, transportation, and assistance with daily living tasks. Whenever an elderly or a disabled individual is no longer able to carry out activities of daily living, or they're having memory loss, they are no longer able to live within the four walls of their own home, oftentimes a residential long-term care facility is an alternative that allows elderly populations or disabled individuals to live a more enriched life than they were living in within their home. These individuals oftentimes are supplied with assistance with their activities of daily living. There are commonly three types of residential long-term care facilities, the first one being independent living or congregate care communities. This allows for elderly or disabled individuals to be loosely monitored and assisted only when necessary. Commonly within the setting of independent living or congregate care communities, you'll see individuals being supplied with emergency life alert devices or devices within their home such as grab bars or assistive devices. Usually within these facilities, they're also supplied with maintenance personnel that comes and checks on their home, or they may have activities throughout the day, social events arranged for them so that they are emotionally supported. This would be a great facility for someone who is lonely within their own home. They'll have activities planned out for them so that they are able to socialize more adequately. Also, individuals that live in these facilities may have transportation to go grocery shopping or to salon or hair appointments, or they may even be able to have transportation to doctor's appointments provided to them. The next option that I would like to address would be assisted living facilities. These types of facilities are facilities that provide a little closer monitoring than independent living or congregate care communities. Assisted living facilities often provide the residents assistance regularly with activities of daily living such as toileting, bathing, feeding, and housekeeping duties. This is primarily an arrangement for someone who needs a little more help or assistance with daily living activities. The third option that I would like to speak on is skilled nursing facilities. This is a residential care setting that includes heavily supported assistance for the individuals who reside here. Oftentimes, this may include facilities that the exits and entrances are closely monitored. The nursing staff may have to provide all support such as feeding patients who are unable to take their medications on their own. They will be provided with their medications daily. They may be showered, bathed, clothed, their laundry duties performed for them. This type of facility, the residents are oftentimes not able to do really anything on their own.