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Get The Care Your Need at Columbia Cottage Assisted Living Facilities
When searching for a place to live independently while simultaneously receiving personalized, residential care as we age, the options may feel overwhelming! We all want an environment where we feel cared for emotionally and physically to call home. Luckily, assisted living facilities like Columbia Cottage exist to ease our worries and help us navigate aging with grace, dignity, and deep respect for our personal choices.
Our Cottages’ unique, single-story design offers an intimate and home-like setting that promotes comfortable social interaction. You’ll live every day to the fullest at Columbia Cottage, an assisted living community where everyone feels like part of the family. Our resident-focused approach honors your choices each day while providing you with the highest quality care around the clock. Visit and see for yourself!
Who We Are
We exemplify the cheerful warmth of home at Columbia Cottage, one of the few licensed assisted living communities in Pennsylvania. Our cozy Cottages have spacious rooms, comfortable outdoor courtyards, common areas for social activities, and dining rooms serving delicious meals throughout the day. Our focus is set squarely on providing each resident the personalized care he or she needs, even as those needs change.
With our unique 10 levels of care model, we support your ability to age in place with a flexible plan of care tailored to your needs and preferences. We’ve built our reputation on a commitment to honoring your dignity, independence, privacy, and right to exceptional care. You can rely on us to deliver the care you need while we build a close, family-like relationship with you.
Explore New Life at Columbia Cottage
Does Columbia Cottage’s assisted living community sound like a place you or someone close to you might like to call home? Learn a bit more about what life is like here, browse our locations to find one close to you, and discover the benefits of assisted living through the links below!
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What’s the Difference Between Assisted Living and Personal Care?
Before 2011, the two terms “assisted living” and “personal care” were used interchangeably in communities across Pennsylvania to talk about the same types of care. A more precise definition exists for each, though there is still some overlap between the two types of services.
To be considered an assisted living facility, each housing unit can only house up to two people and must always have a door that is lockable by the residents in that unit. Each house must have a full bathroom, and a registered nurse must be at least on call at all times. Also, the staff at an assisted living facility has training that equals more hours than the staff at a personal care facility.
Personal care facilities often have care options similar to assisted living but not nearly as thorough or legally mandated. Residents at these facilities share their rooms with up to three people, with four people per room being the maximum. Personal care facilities are not required to have full bathrooms or lockable rooms.
There is also no requirement for the personal care facility to have a registered nurse on call 24/7; instead, residents have access to health care centers and other kinds of well-trained staff to deal with medical issues that may come up.
There are only a few licensed assisted living care facilities across Pennsylvania, and all the Columbia Cottage facilities are on that list! We are proud to serve our groups of seniors with all the benefits of living in one of our communities. Our assisted living residents enjoy independent living while enjoying the peace of mind that comes with having the care they need readily available, no matter how those needs change over time.