Assisted Living

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.

In 1998 the State of Arizona adopted legislation regulating these types of facilities. Three levels of care exist based on the degree of attention and care required by an individual:

Supervisory Care:

The most basic level of Assisted Living, only general supervision is generally required and the ability to intervene in a crisis.

Personal Care:

Assisted Living with the ability to assist with Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s).

Directed Care:

Highest level of Assisted Living for persons incapable of making basic decisions about their own welfare and generally involves intermittent nursing care.

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.

A resident has the right to make choices and receive services in a manner that promotes dignity, autonomy, independence, and quality of life. These services are disclosed and agreed to in the contract between the provider and resident. Assisted living does not generally provide ongoing, 24-hour skilled nursing care.