RESOURCES
Definitions

Community-based Long Term Care – Services for persons who are living in the community (in their home or with a family member or friend, in a single home or an apartment building) as opposed to in a facility or institution. Services include home-delivered meals, congregate (group) meals, adult day care, senior centers, transportation, chore, home health care (nursing, aides, therapies), durable medical equipment, case management, and may be provided by the PASSPORT, PACE and other programs, and other certified and licensed agencies and organizations.

Adult Care Facilities
• Adult Foster Home – accommodations and supervision for 1 or 2 adults
• Adult Family Home – accommodations and supervision for 3-5 adults and supervision and personal care services for at least 3 of the residents.
• Adult Group Home – accommodations for 6-16 residents and supervision and personal care services to at least 3 of the residents.
Access the Ohio Department of Mental Health Adult Care Facility list here.


Residential Care Facilities – Assisted Living
• Accommodations for 17 or more adults and supervision and personal care for at least 3 of the residents and skilled nursing care to 1 or more residents.
• “Residential care facility” is the term for facilities licensed by the Ohio Department of Health. “Assisted Living facility is the more commonly used term, but may be an unlicensed facility.

Nursing Facilities
• Facilities that are licensed and certified by the Ohio Department of Health and provide personal care services, 24-hour supervision, medications, skilled nursing, and/or rehabilitation services
Long Term Care Ombudsman
2800 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
800-365-3112  •  216-696-2719   http://www.ltco.org/
Serving Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain & Medina Counties in northeast Ohio