What it costs
One monthly rent. No entrance fee. No lease.
Senior living pricing has a reputation for being deliberately hard to pin down. Here is how ours is actually built, what moves the number, and how to get your number without surrendering your phone number first.
The structure
Three facts that do most of the work
Entrance fee
There is no buy-in and no large upfront deposit to get in the door. Autumn Ridge is a rental community, not a purchase.Monthly figure
Meals, utilities, housekeeping, laundry, maintenance, transportation and activities are inside the rent, not billed alongside it.Days at a time
The agreement is month to month. No lease, no year-long commitment, no penalty for deciding this is not the right fit.What moves the number
Two things, and that is genuinely it
Your monthly rent depends on which apartment you take and which level of living you need. Nothing else is hiding behind it.
1. The apartment
A Studio Suite costs less than a One Bedroom Deluxe. Companion layouts, which are shared, are the lowest cost per person we offer.
2. The level of living
Independent Living covers the household. Residential Care adds nursing services, medication management and 24-hour associates, and costs more because it is more.
Why there is no price list on this page
Because a single advertised figure would be wrong for most of the people reading it, and a range wide enough to be true would be useless. What we can do is give you the real number for your situation in a couple of minutes, without a form and without a sales call first.
Compare honestly
What does the house actually cost per month?
A paid-off home feels free. It is not. Put your own figures in below and see the monthly total you are already spending. Nothing is saved and nothing is sent anywhere, this runs entirely in your browser.
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All of that, inside one rent
- Apartment Included
- Utilities, phone excepted Included
- Three meals a day Included
- All maintenance and repairs Included
- Lawn, snow, gutters Gone
- Weekly housekeeping and linen Included
- Laundry service Included
- Transportation to appointments Included
- Activities and events Included
- Property taxes and home insurance Gone
Once you have your figure on the left, ask us what ours would be. That is the only comparison that means anything.
Paying for it
Where the money usually comes from
Most families use some combination of these. Very few use only one, and almost nobody knows about all of them before they start asking.
Income, savings and the house
Social security, pensions and retirement savings do the bulk of it for most residents. For homeowners, the proceeds from selling a house that was costing money to keep often changes the arithmetic entirely.
VA Aid and Attendance
An addition to a VA pension for veterans and surviving spouses who need help with daily living. We help residents apply, and it goes uncollected far more often than it should.
How it worksLong-term care insurance
If a policy was bought years ago it may well cover residential care. Policies differ enormously. Bring yours and we will look at it with you rather than guessing.
Everything else
Medicaid, Medicare, life insurance conversions and family contributions all come up. What applies depends on the person and on the level of care, so ask about your specific situation rather than reading a general answer.
Straight answers
Cost questions we get asked constantly
Is there a deposit or a community fee to move in?
There is no buy-in or entrance fee of the kind you find at continuing care communities. Any move-in charges are small and are told to you upfront, in writing, before you sign anything.
Does the rent go up if care needs increase?
Moving from Independent Living to Residential Care changes what you receive, so it changes the rent. What it does not do is force a move to another building or another town. The change happens where you already live.
What is not included?
Phone service is the explicit exception to utilities. Beyond that, personal items, the beauty and barber shop services themselves, and anything you arrange privately are yours. Ask for the current list rather than assuming.
Two of us are moving in together. How does that work?
Couples share an apartment and there is a second-person rate rather than two full rents. Companion layouts are built for sharing and are the lowest cost per person we offer.
Can we leave if it does not work out?
Yes. The agreement is month to month with no lease. That is unusual in this industry and it is deliberate, because the alternative is asking people to bet a year on a decision made under pressure.