ALBUQUERQUE: Until recently, the distinction between care types – assisted living, independent living and skilled nursing – was clearly defined, but as a result of the recession and the ongoing changes in health care provision, the traditional definition of care types has started to blur.
Indeed, during the recession, residents in independent living properties brought a la carte care services into their properties, often duplicating the services offered at an assisted living property (assistance with bathing, grooming, dressing, eating and medication management, or activities of daily living).
Now operators are starting to cannibalize each other’s markets.