Aging in Place: Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Driving through Rockwood Forest Estates, you wouldn't think it was anything more than a slightly upscale suburb, says resident Elizabeth Hulteng. This neighborhood of roughly 150 homes, lush with landscaped gardens, pine forest, and protected wetlands, is part of Rockwood South, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Spokane, Washington. Continuing care retirement communities are retirement communities with accommodations for independent living, assisted living, and nursing home care, offering residents a continuum of care. A person can spend the rest of his life in a CCRC, moving between levels of care as needed. People in the senior housing industry call this "aging in place," although it does require leaving one's original residence.
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