What is a Congregate Living Facility?
A residential home that provides compassionate inpatient care, including Medical Supervision and 24-hour skilled nursing and supportive care for mentally alert, physically disabled persons, who may be ventilator dependent; persons who have a diagnosis of a life threatening illness. persons who are catastrophically and severely disabled.
Why would someone choose a CLHF over a hospital, acute care or skilled nursing or convalescence home?
Healing is quicker in a home type environment rather than an institutional type of environment. Patients are calmer when they feel like they are at home and will not rush to be transferred home where they do not receive the same level of service or treatment.
Some people feel that they are too young to be in a convalescence home.
Families prefer to have care provided close to where they live.
Significant cost savings when compared to an acute care hospital or skilled nursing facility.
Who pays for CLHF services?
Medical, Managed Care, Personal, Workers Comp, Commercial Insurance, and HMO