What Are the Retirement Living Options?

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What Are the Retirement Living Options? As people grow older and older, they start researching their retirement living options. Different seniors have different requirements for their retirement house. For example, some people need some special medical care as a part of their housing community care, and some may want resort-style living. There are many types of retirement communities for senior retirees to choose from. Here are a few common types of retirement living options senior retirees can choose from.

5 Common Types of Retirement Living Options for Senior Retirees • Independent living: This type of senior community is designed for senior retirees. This living option offers independent and healthy older adults to enjoy a living style full of educational, social and recreational activities with other people around a similar age group. A point to note is that these kinds of communities are often age-restricted and onboard seniors who have no severe health conditions since they don’t provide health care services within the campus. • Assisted living: This kind of housing facility provides a special healthcare service within the residence to the senior adults for whom living alone is not safe. In addition, they provide little assistance with bathing, meals and medications. • Age-restricted communities: Age-restricted living communities onboard senior retirees who satisfy a certain age limit. In this kind of living facility, health care services are not provided to the members. • Continuing care retirement communities (CCRC): This type of retirement living option is quite different from the above living communities. They provide senior retirees a full spectrum of lifestyles, which


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