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Understanding Retirement Communities

Retirement Communities

Some forms of long-term care/long-term accommodations are somewhat limited by their scope. For example, going back to group homes once more, the nature of the physical structure of the residence and the relationship between its inhabitants determine to a large extent this classification. Other kinds of group-based, long-term accommodations, meanwhile, are not limited merely to one residential building or center.

On the contrary, they encompass quite a bit of space, and commonly, multiple different forms of long-term care at that. These setups which are familiar to many despite never having set foot/one in one are known as retirement communities. Some notes about what a retirement community is and why seniors might opt for this solution:

A retirement community, generally speaking, is a separate area (as opposed to a retirement home, which is contained in one edifice) representing multiple apartment/housing complexes and other amenities. Depending on the stated purposes of retirement communities, they may be very different from one another.

Some communities, for example, might really not constitute long-term care as they offer nothing in the way of health services and allow for complete autonomy on the part of their residents; some refer to these as independent living communities. Often, though, a retirement community will feature some bit of close-to-home health care, including facilities expressly designed for skilled nursing

In terms of trends in retirement communities, there certainly are recurring characteristics of these entities. In America, while these communities may pop up virtually anywhere across the country, a considerable number of them tend to be centered in the southern United States, notably in states like Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas undoubtedly because of the warmer climes.

A particular retirement community may boast any number of premium services to the people who reside there, but again, they are not contained within a common area as in a retirement home. These resources may include any combination of the following: art classes, golf courses and clubhouses, hiking/walking trails, shopping, swimming pools and tennis courts.

Of course, retirement communities do not come for cheap. As with entry into a retirement home, rent is potentially anywhere from $600 to $3,000 per month, depending on how luxurious, for lack of a better word, the services are. On top of this, however, an upfront entry fee might make living in a retirement community quite an exclusive engagement, as some communities will charge hundreds of thousands of dollars just to secure a lot within. It likely goes without saying that retirement communities are generally reserved for more affluent individuals and couples who actually have the means to retire and live comfortably.

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