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What is a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE)

What is Residential Care Facility Home for the Elderly?

Residential Care Home Facility for the Elderly (RCFEs) serve persons 60 and older. They provide room, board, housekeeping, supervision, and personal care assistance with basic activities like personal hygiene, dressing, eating, and walking. Facilities usually centrally store and distribute medications for residents to self-administer. Usually, this level of care and supervision is for people who are unable to live by themselves but who do not require twenty four hour nursing care. They are considered non-medical facilities and are not required to have nurses, certified nursing assistants or doctors on staff.

Are Residential Care Facility Home for the Elderly (RCFEs) Regulated?

Yes. Residential Care Home Facility for the Elderly (RCFEs) must meet care and safety standards set by the State and are licensed and inspected by the Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing (CCL).

Can A Residential Care Facility Home for the Elderly (RCFEs) Care for Persons with Dementia?

Some facilities offer special services to persons with dementia if they meet certain licensing requirements. Make sure that the facility has a "waiver" from licensing permitting them to provide dementia care.

Will a Residential Care Facility Home for the Elderly (RCFEs) Accept or Retain Someone with Medical Care Needs?

It will depend on the type and severity of the medical condition(s) and whether the facility can obtain permission from the licensing agency. Some medical conditions are not allowed in a Residential Care Home Facility for the Elderly (i.e., tube feeding, need for liquid oxygen or treatment of open bedsores).

What Does Residential Care Facility Home for the Elderly (RCFEs) cost?

The cost will depend on a variety of factors such as the type of accommodations (e.g., apartment, private room, shared room), the range of services needed, and the geographic area. Specialized services like dementia or hospice care are more costly.

How Does a Residential Care Facility Home for the Elderly (RCFEs) Differ From an Assisted Living Facility?

Residential Care Home Facility for the Elderly (RCFEs) are dominated by smaller (i.e., 6 to 15 beds), locally owned facilities with shared rooms.