Tuesday, July 28, 2015

What is Assisted Living and Residential Care?

Assisted living is a managed residential care facility or adult foster care home that provides various types of services and living arrangements including activities, personal care, meals, medication help, bathing help, dressing and transportation. Services can be customized to meet the residents needs.

Other keywords for assisted living are residential care facility, senior living community, senior housing, assisted living communities, skilled nursing homes.
As an award winning senior care provider, Sweet Bye N Bye offers two residential care communities, and local adult foster care homes in the Salem, Oregon area.

Types of Assisted Living

There are basically two types of housing and senior care available outside of ones own home depending on the level of care needed - Adult Foster Homes, Residential Care Facility (RCF) and In-Home Care.
Adult Foster Homes
Adult foster care homes are located in residential neighborhoods in Salem and provide an intimate setting for assisted living and excellent care. The goal is to create an atmosphere where where residents will feel like part of a family, and be treated with dignity and respect allowing them to retain their individuality and independence while receiving all the care they require at a fraction of the price of the larger facilities. View information about Adult Foster Home in the Salem area > Sweet Bye N Bye
Residential Care Facility
These will vary in the level of services provided. However, a common feature of RCF's are a multiple bed / private room full service residence for seniors that need assisted living in an community atmosphere managed by a professional staff.
View information about our two residential care facilities in the Salem area

 The Importance of State Inspections

 As an award winning senior living provider who has had a zero deficiency inspection, we know the importance of State inspections of senior care facilities.
One of the important things to know when evaluating a residential care facility is that the State report is available for public viewing and needs to be posted by the provider.
This allows a prospective resident's family to have a third party reference to the quality of care that they can expect. If there are deficiencies in the report, it is important to understand what they are and whether this affects the quality of care. For example, there may have been a slight oversight in minor paperwork that was resolved and did not have any impact on the quality of care.

During our FREE RN ASSESSMENT we will be glad to discuss our State inspection report with you. This assessment involves an R.N. performing a full assessment in the privacy of your own home and allows us to develop a personalized care plan for your loved one, and discuss fees for service with no obligation. We are committed to your privacy. We do not give out information to advertisers or unrelated third parties. Call us or send in your request below. 503.362.5885

The Importance of Local Ownership

As an award winning senior living provider who has strong references and connections in the local community, we know the importance of local ownership of a residential care facility for your loved one.

On Site Management and Control
We speak only from our experience as local owners and managers in that on-site management and control of quality care is important for us to maintain high standards. We have seen out of state owners set up a facility locally and try to compete with local owners who are already established and have strong references in the community from hospitals and other organizations.

The Importance of Local Authority and Reputation


In Salem, both Angela Estrada, R.N., and Robert Estrada, R.N. are recognized as experts in senior care, managers and owners of two residential care facilities, and five adult foster care homes. Angela Estrada is also recognized as a leader in the industry, both locally and in winning a Silver Crown Award.

Angela Estrada Wins Honorable Mention for Dorland Health Silver Crown Awards

The Silver Crown Awards seek to honor industry-leading organizations like assisted living facilities and home health agencies, as well as individual practitioners across a range of disciplines like geriatric care managers, facility directors and hospice and palliative care professionals.

The Silver Crown Awards also recognize the best in adult and senior-specific programs, such as Alzheimer’s care, and coverage entities like those that provide Medicare Advantage or pharmacy benefits.
Dorland Health, the publisher of the Case Management Resource Guide, the National Directory of Adult and Senior Services, the Senior Services Report, Case In Point Magazine and other resources for those in medical management, has provided information and development tools for those who care for adults and seniors for over two decades.
The Silver Crown Awards also recognize the best in adult and senior-specific programs.

Exceptional Care at Sweet Bye N Bye

"Hi, I'm Angela Estrada, RN, BSN, owner and operator of the award winning Sweet Bye N Bye residential care communities. My husband Robert and I have a combined 32 years of RN experience and over twenty years of combined experience owning/operating adult foster homes and residential care facilities. Our goals are to provide excellent care in an intimate setting where residents will feel like part of a family.

At The Sweet Bye N Bye, your loved one will be treated with dignity and respect allowing them to retain their individuality and independence while receiving all the care they require at a fraction of the price of the larger facilities."

As owners of Sweet ByeNBye, we are also dedicated to volunteer work and completed a mission to Peru to help with boys and girls orphanages, and various clinics.

Sweet ByeNBye provides assisted living with two options - a  residential care facility and adult foster care homes. Our services have won awards and have recently received a zero deficiency report from the State of Oregon. Located in Salem, Oregon , 2480 Coral Ave NE, Salem, OR 97305 » Map (503) 362-5885