What is Assisted Living?
Assisted living is for people who rely on assistance with most of their daily living activities and services such as eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, laundry, housekeeping and assistance with medications.
Residents in assisted living wish to remain as independent as possible for as long as possible, many of the patients who are in assisted living homes require assistance in a particular area. Some of these areas include mental health, Alzheimer’s, Dementia or Memory Care, Parkinson’s, Respite Care for an extensive period which is considered long term care.
Assisted living services offered vary from residential assisted living homes to nursing homes or other assisted living communities. Arizona assisted living homes in Arizona are licensed for all levels of care which are direct care, personal care and supervisory care.
All Arizona group homes are required to have a care plan on file for every resident usually prepared by an RN nurse. The service plan details the personalized care services the resident requires which are guaranteed by the assisted living facility. This service plan is also updated on a regular basis to ensure the resident receives the appropriate care as his or her condition changes.
Other terms used in Arizona to describe assisted living include residential care, personal care, adult foster care, adult care homes, group homes, assisted living facilities and many others.