What is an independent living residence?

What is an independent living residence?

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An independent living residence is a place where essentially people are able to come and go as they please. In a lot of these places, people may even have a kitchen to make their own meals, but most independent living settings also have a common dining area. They may have some rudimentary, minor amounts of other assistance that is available, for example, like a fluff and fold or dry cleaning service so that the people don't have to do their own laundry. For the most part, it is independent. A lot of the time, people will still have their own car, and they can go do whatever they want and so on. But again a lot of these places will also have transportation services like a van that will take a group out to the mall, or they can take you to your doctor's appointment. Its a pretty low amount of actual care, mostly just an apartment where you've got some additional assistance available to you.