Continuing care retirement communities provide on-site skilled nursing care and rehabilitative services, assisted living and memory care, and many, like Asbury, offer home care services, clinics, and on-site pharmacies. How these health services are paid for depends on the community’s contract type.
Asbury Communities offers Type C contracts only. Under Type C contracts, a resident pays for assisted living and skilled nursing services on a fee-for-service basis. This means that monthly expenses will rise if assisted living or skilled nursing care is needed.
Type A contracts the monthly service fee does not change if the resident moves to health care. Type A communities typically charge significantly larger entrance fees.
Perhaps the greatest health benefit of continuing care retirement communities is one that seldom tops a person’s list of reasons for moving to one: studies show that CCRCs are good for you! Retirement communities are designed for aging better for longer, through staffing and physical design and in the programs and amenities they offer. Volunteering, planned trips and programs, resident clubs, fitness centers with trained staff, friendly neighbors just outside your door, transportation – all of these make staying active as you continue to age much easier.