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Frequently Asked Questions... What is Assisted Living? Certain skilled care needs such as medication administration, special diets and dressing changes can be met in the assisted living environment as long as necessary. Other nursing needs may be offered up to 90 days per year. Assisted Living is a special combination of housing and personalized supportive services, designed to respond to an individual’s needs. The needs can range from socialization to activities of daily living to medication administration or special diets. Assisted Living combines care with dignity in a residential, home-like setting. What is new and different about assisted living is the addition of personal care and some nursing services.Residences offer assistance with eating, bathing dressing, walking, grooming and personal hygiene. What can assisted living offer? There are many needs that can be met in the assisted living environment. Victims of strokes, heart attacks, Parkinson's disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, incontinence, Alzheimer's disease and many other impairments can receive the help and assistance they need to remain as independent as possible. Although Assisted Living residences vary, there are common themes in their diversity. They combine "home" and a social setting and offer care and security. They nurture the spirit, treating residents with dignity while promoting their individuality, privacy and promoting their independence. |
West Virginia Assisted Living Association 1704 Central Avenue Board of Directors: Don Faherty, Chairman
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