Senior Care Housing Facility: Adult Foster Home (AFH)
Eugene - Springfield, Oregon
Senior Care Adult Foster Homes are comprised of a community located in a family home that accepts up to five elderly or disabled residents. Adult Foster Homes offer a private or semi-private bedroom and a shared bathroom. Senior Care Adult Foster Homes provide 24/7 caregiver help with all ADL, medication administration, three home-style cooked meals, and all household chores but very few structured social activities.
Senior Care Adult Foster Homes typically provide:
- A home-like setting with no more than five residents
- 24-hour live-in caregiver; one-two caregivers during the day
- Caregiver sleeps at night and is not expected to provide care at night except in the case of an emergency
- Medication administration
- Private or semi-private (less common) rooms with shared bathrooms
- All meals and housekeeping provided
- Pay is based on level of care
- Limited organized social activities
- No nurse on site
- Caregiver/residents ratio 1:5
Senior Care Adult Foster Homes are appropriate for a person who:
- Has declined in physical and/or cognitive status
- Needs help with dressing, bathing, toileting, and medication administration
- Has poor safety awareness or a history of falls
- Has mild dementia without behavior problems
- Uses a walker (Some AFHs can take wheelchairs, including power chairs. Level 3 AFH will take a hoyer lift.)
Senior Care Adult Foster Homes are not appropriate for a person who:
- Needs night-time care
- Has dementia with behavior problems
- Is at risk of wandering