Kelley's Field Retirement Homes

 CONTACT
  Nancy Palmer
 ADMIN
  Jane Quilliam.
 INDEPENDENT LIVING
  Apts
   Max res 24
   Avg monthly fees $0-$1,000
   Govt-subsidized
   Min age 62
 SERVICES
  Transportation
   Social and recreational
   Library
   Religious activities
   Maintenance
   Emergency call system
   Laundry
 DATE OPENED
  December 1981
 OWNER TYPE
  Private non-profit
 OWNER
  Loren Palmer
   James Wesson

A place in a retirement home can be paid for on a rental basis, like an apartment, or can be bought in perpetuity on the same basis as a condominium. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. 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. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with coordination of services by outside health careproviders. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well.