Congregate Housing
These facilities provide private apartments in a communal setting, a daily meal and housekeeping. Additional support services may be available.
Residential Care Homes
Residential Care Homes provide a private or semiprivate room in a communal setting, meals, housekeeping and supervision and may include other support services.
Assisted Living Facilities and Managed Residential Communities
These communities provide a private apartment within a communal setting. Meals, housekeeping, transportation and maintenance services are provided in addition to assisted living services such as limited nursing, personal care and medication assistance.
Adult Family Living
In an adult family living arrangement, an older adult who needs some assistance shares a home with a caregiver, often a family member or a friend who provides support. The arrangement is overseen by an agency authorized by the State.
Community Living Arrangements / Group Homes
Homes in the community that are shared by up to six people with intellectual disabilities. The State Department of Developmental Services (DDS) or private agencies contracted by DDS manage the homes and provide 24 hours a day support and supervision.
Community Companion Home
These are private homes in which a family provides a home and care for up to three individuals with intellectual disabilities. A community companion home provides support services 24 hours a day.
Life Plan Communities
Provide a continuum of levels of care on the same campus. Residents can move from independent living to assisted living to nursing home as their needs change.