Typically residents pay directly for Cable TV, internet and telephone service for their apartment home (although more and more communities have free WIFI throughout the building). Residents pay for their own personal toiletries, health and beauty aids, hairdressing, clothing, medical care, medications, incontinence supplies, and dry cleaning (and they typically pay an extra charge to the Assisted Living community to do their personal laundry).
Very often medication management and incontinence help are not included in the basic fee. Not every resident needs these services – they are considered ancillary and charged for separately.