A community residence facility provides a level of health care in a safe, hygienic, protective living arrangement for individuals who desire or require supervision or assistance because of physical, mental, familial, or social circumstances.

To be eligible, individuals must be unrelated by blood or marriage to the Residence Director, ambulatory with or without the assistance of mechanical devices, able to get in and out of bed, and able to move about, oriented to place, time, and day, capable of making proper judgments in emergency situations, and able to perform the activities of daily living (eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, walking) independently or with minimal assistance