Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care
Provides services specifically to improve the well-being and raise the quality of life for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Bilingual Services
Provides services in languages other than English; predominately Spanish.

Congregate Care Services
A variety of facilities, services, and people under one roof or community that provide options that otherwise would not be available in total independent living. These may include: dining facilities, healthcare programs, pharmacy, convenience store, barber/beauty shop, branch bank, library, housekeeping, maintenance, transportation, leisure programs, and security.

Continuing Care Services
Facilities or communities providing a full range of housing and services from independent living units to congregate living, assisted living, personal care and intermediate or skilled nursing services either on-site or provided through contractual arrangement in a nearby facility. Usually all services and facilities are provided on a site with the sponsoring organization, or owner, guaranteeing living accommodations and healthcare services for life with a portion of the healthcare services possibly having been prepaid.

HIV/AIDS Unit
Specialized units that provide services to HIV/AIDS residents.

Independent Living Unit
Services for individuals not dependent on family or friends for day-to-day living needs. Retirees may extend this status when living in a full-service retirement community with a continuum of care to include individual homes, apartments, assisted living units, and long-term skilled healthcare.

Intergenerational Services
Brings individuals of different ages together for purposes beneficial to all participants. Children, youth, and young adults may engage in activities or provide services for older adults in these programs or they may be apprentices in learning skills and knowledge unique to the older generation. Programs offered include foster grandparents, elder-child tutoring, grandparents as parents, etc.

Mentally Challenged Services
Provides early intervention services, respite care, community recreation, vocational and adult activity centers, and supervised apartments for mentally challenged adults.

Physical Therapy Services
Offers services such as rehabilitation, pain relief, injury prevention, and education. The goal is to restore a patient to maximal function following a disabling injury or disease.

Rehabilitation Services
Offers programs of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Usually, nursing homes contract for these types of services.

Skilled Nursing Services
Provides patients with assessment of symptoms and evaluation of response to treatment, medication monitoring, teaching and administration, lab work, medical care, nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition services, individualized service, etc. May be selected by number of skilled beds.

Subacute Care Unit
Provides a comprehensive and outcome-oriented approach to care for patients requiring short-term or rehabilitation services. These services are provided by a physician-directed medical team.