Senior Residential Care Facility (RCF)
Eugene - Springfield, Oregon
A Senior Residential Care Facility is a community of up to 15 residents; some RCFs are composed of a few houses, with 12-15 residents in each (referred to as communities or neighborhoods). Senior Residential Care Facilities offer private or semi-private rooms and shared bathrooms, cleaning services, and laundry. Senior Residential Care Facilities offer an RN on site and 24/7 caregivers who provide personal care (ADL), medication administration, daily meals, and social activities.
Senior Residential Care Facilities typically provide the following:
- Smaller facility with 12-15 residents (may have a few houses each with 12-15 residents)
- 24/7 caregivers through three shifts, including nighttime. Most facilities have one to two caregivers during day shifts and one caregiver at night
- Medication administration
- Private and semi private rooms, shared bathrooms
- Three meals per day
- Housekeeping provided
- Social activities offered
- Nurse on site during the day and on call 24/7
- Price is based on type of room and level of care
- Some take only private pay and some take private pay and Medicaid. However, since they take only a limited number of Medicaid residents, in a good facility, there is always a waiting list.
- Caregiver/residents ratio 1:8-15
- Most RCFs have at least one house that is designated for people with advanced dementia/Alzheimer’s (see Memory Care)
Senior Residential Care Facilities are appropriate for a person who:
- Has declined in physical and/or cognitive status
- Needs help with dressing, bathing, toileting, and medication administration
- Has mild dementia without behavior problems
- Uses a walker or a wheelchair, including power chair or hoyer lift
- Needs night-time care
- Enjoys social activities
Senior Residential Care Facilities are not appropriate for a person with:
- Dementia and behavior problems
- Poor safety awareness or a history of falls
- Risk of wandering