@kayraymat: Hi! I have already posted above regarding my experience choosing a Continuing Care Retirement Community; moving there we signed contract that gives us priority to moving into the Assisted/Skilled Nursing facility on our campus site. We will receive 25% discount and can utilize this next level of care whenever the situation needs more assistance (after operations, broken bones that affect mobility, pneumonia, etc.). So to answer your inquiry… we can transfer easily to the building next door where we can get more care - and return to independent apartment living when we are able OR decide to stay in Assisted Living.
We live independently in our large apartments utilizing all services we choose; however, at any time our changing daily needs can be evaluated and we can chose to utilize what we call our Village Health Care building next door.
We also chose to sign a contract they call “Lifetime Guarantee”. This covers our financial responsibility here if something depletes our funds through no fault of our own = we continue to live here in same independent living conditions or needed assistance level. This offers Peace of Mind we all need regarding the increasing economic unknowns = we will be able to live at our current level until we die, regardless of our ability to pay the monthly fee (unbeknown to our neighbors)!
I hope this answers your question.
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