Sharon Towers - The Presbyterian Home at Charlotte Inc Retirement Homes

 CONTACT
  Linda Bennett
 ADMIN
  Linda Bennett.
 NURSE DIR
  Anne Edwards.
 MARKET DIR
  Angela Rigsbee.
 PERSONNEL DIR
  Katie Cockrell. ACTIVITIES
 DIR
  Susie O'Neal
   Amy Brewer.
 MAINT DIR
  Topper Amerson.
 FOOD SERVICES DIR
  Richard Bairhalter.
 CONTINUING CARE
  Apts 128
   Priv homes 33
   Nursing on-site
   Max res 300
   Entrance fee $35,000-$107,000
   Avg monthly fees $2,001-$3,000
   Min age 60
 ASSISTED LIVING
  Priv rooms 38
   Semipriv rooms 10
   Priv bath
   Max res 48
   Entrance fee $15,000-$27,000
   Avg monthly fees $1,001-$2,000
   Avg monthly fees $2,001-$3,000
   Min age 60
 INDEPENDENT LIVING
  Priv homes 161
   Apts 128
   Condos 33
   Entrance fee $35,000-$107,000
   Avg monthly fees $2,001-$3,000
   Min age 60
 SERVICES
  Central dining
   Housekeeping
   Transportation
   Social and recreational
   Social work/Mental health
   Physical therapy
   Alzheimer's care
   Supervision of medications
   Supervised bathing
   Medical care
   Security
   Library
   Swimming pool
   Religious activities
   Maintenance
   Emergency call system
   Laundry
   Group exercise
 NURSING SERVICES
  Skilled nurs beds 86
   State-licensed nurs home
   State-licensed assisted living
 DATE OPENED
  April 1961
 OWNER TYPE
  Private non-profit
    Retirement Homes & Senior Housing

Housing arrangements for the future can be a stressful, anxiety-provoking topic for you and your family. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with monitoring of resident activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being. An assisted living facility may be a good choice if you need more personal care services than are feasible at home or in an independent living retirement community. A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit, care home or rest home provides a specific type of care for its residents. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with monitoring of resident activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being. Retirement homes are also called retirement residences. Senior Living - info and advice for older adults. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Assisted living emerged in the 1990s as an eldercare alternative on the continuum of care for seniors for whom Independent living is no longer appropriate but who do not need the 24-hour medical care provided by a nursing home. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day.