Choosing the best senior living community for your aging parent can be challenging. You want to pick one that creates a balance between independence and supervision to ensure they stay healthy and comfortable. If you’re trying to decide between assisted living and enhanced care, here’s a guide to a comparison between the two to help you choose.

What are the Differences Between Assisted Living & Enhanced Care?

Assisted living allows your parent to maintain most of their independence. In this type of senior living community, caregivers are available 24/7, providing meals, housekeeping, and nursing home services to the residents. The seniors are able to look after themselves, but receive help with a few everyday activities, like nutrition and medication management. This arrangement is flexible and can be adapted according to each senior’s personal needs. 

In an enhanced care residence, seniors receive all the same benefits of assisted living, plus additional help. They’re monitored more closely to minimize the risk of falls or mobility difficulties, and the status of their health may be checked daily. Caregivers work in teams to help seniors move or rest comfortably inside their residence and transport them throughout the senior living community.

Which Should I Choose for My Senior Parent?

Both assisted living and enhanced assisted living are useful for seniors who require memory care for dementia or Alzheimer’s. However, if your parent is experiencing the advanced stages of a condition that affects their health, mobility, or safety, an enhanced care residence may be a more suitable option. Many of these facilities are staffed by licensed nurses who provide prompt medical attention if it becomes necessary. They also tend to have a higher staff-to-resident ratio.

For over 40 years, the GrandeVille Senior Living Community in Rochester, NY, has prided itself on being a small, privately run senior living community licensed by the New York State of Health to provide both assisted living and enhanced care. Serving all of Monroe County and parts of Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Orleans, and Genesee counties, they offer quality medical attention and everyday assistance through their onsite clinic, pharmacy, and laboratory. Learn more about enhanced care on their website or call (585) 621- 6160 to schedule a tour.