The basic services an Assisted Living Facility provides include:
- Three meals per day, often served in a restaurant-like setting with menus and salad bars
- 24-hour supervision
- Personal care assistance (bathing, dressing, grooming, eating)
- Housekeeping and laundry service
- Transportation
- Medication management and administration
- Security and emergency call systems
- Health and exercise programs
- Social, cultural and educational activities.
Direct care to an assisted living resident usually covers diseases and conditions such as: Alzheimer’s, Arthritis, Asthma, broken bones or Osteoporosis, Cancer, different levels of Dementia, Depression, different levels of Diabetes, Heart related conditions or Heart failure, Incontinence, Memory Loss, need for monitored food intake, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Stroke, tendency to fall, traumatic brain injuries or wounds.
There are various types of residential assisted living options and thus the services provided by them are closely linked to the type of facility. Usually, residential assisted living activities resemble a lot with family-like activities, like dining at the dining room table, planning excursions and tours, having a normal social interaction with the neighbors, watching TV and other, more complex activities, depending on the possibilities of each individual.