Chapter 9
Aging in Place - answer Healthcare system that brings together a variety of health and
other supportive services to enable older, frail adults to live independently in their own
residences for as long as possible.
Assisted Living - answera program that provides and/ or arranges for daily meals,
personal and other supportive services, health care, and 24-hour oversight to persons
residing in a group in a group residential facility who need assistance with the activities
of daily living.
Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) - answer Residences on a retirement
campus, typically in apartment complexes designed for functional older adults. Unlike
ordinary retirement communities that offer only specialized housing, a comprehensive
program of social services, meals and access to contractual medical services in addition
to housing.
Continuing Life Care Community (CLCC) - answerMost expensive of CCRC options.
They offer unlimited assisted living, medical treatment, and skilled nursing care without
any additional charges as residents' needs change over time.
Hospice - answerPhilosophy supporting a coordinated program of care for the terminally
ill that focuses on maintaining comfort and quality of life. The most common criterion for
admission into hospice is a diagnosis of a terminal illness with a limited life expectancy
of six months or less.
Long-term care facility (LTCF) - answerInstitution such as nursing home, skilled nursing
facility (SNF), or assisted living facility that provides healthcare to people who are
unable to manage independently in the community. Care may represent custodial or
chronic care management or short-term rehabilitative services.
Palliative Care - answerTreatment to relieve the symptoms of a disease rather than
attempting to cure the disease.
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community/(NORC) - answerApartment complexes,
neighborhoods, or sections of communities where residents have opted to remain in
their homes as they age.
Respite care - answerTemporary surrogate care given to a patient when that patient's
primary caregiver must be absent. It includes any family managed care program that
helps to avoid or forestall the placement of a patient in a full-time institutionalized
environment by providing planned, intermittent caregiver relief.
Aging in Place - answer Healthcare system that brings together a variety of health and
other supportive services to enable older, frail adults to live independently in their own
residences for as long as possible.
Assisted Living - answera program that provides and/ or arranges for daily meals,
personal and other supportive services, health care, and 24-hour oversight to persons
residing in a group in a group residential facility who need assistance with the activities
of daily living.
Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) - answer Residences on a retirement
campus, typically in apartment complexes designed for functional older adults. Unlike
ordinary retirement communities that offer only specialized housing, a comprehensive
program of social services, meals and access to contractual medical services in addition
to housing.
Continuing Life Care Community (CLCC) - answerMost expensive of CCRC options.
They offer unlimited assisted living, medical treatment, and skilled nursing care without
any additional charges as residents' needs change over time.
Hospice - answerPhilosophy supporting a coordinated program of care for the terminally
ill that focuses on maintaining comfort and quality of life. The most common criterion for
admission into hospice is a diagnosis of a terminal illness with a limited life expectancy
of six months or less.
Long-term care facility (LTCF) - answerInstitution such as nursing home, skilled nursing
facility (SNF), or assisted living facility that provides healthcare to people who are
unable to manage independently in the community. Care may represent custodial or
chronic care management or short-term rehabilitative services.
Palliative Care - answerTreatment to relieve the symptoms of a disease rather than
attempting to cure the disease.
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community/(NORC) - answerApartment complexes,
neighborhoods, or sections of communities where residents have opted to remain in
their homes as they age.
Respite care - answerTemporary surrogate care given to a patient when that patient's
primary caregiver must be absent. It includes any family managed care program that
helps to avoid or forestall the placement of a patient in a full-time institutionalized
environment by providing planned, intermittent caregiver relief.
