Understand the main care options before you choose.

Retirement living usually starts with housing, hospitality, meals, social connection, and everyday convenience. Some residences may offer optional supports, but the details vary.

Assisted Living — housing with daily support, such as meals, bathing, medications, and scheduled check-ins — has regulatory context and service boundaries that matter in BC.

Memory Care — specialized housing and support for people living with dementia — is a family search term that can point to different service models. The important question is what the residence can actually support now.

Searches for Long-Term Care — 24-hour nursing care, primarily for people with complex medical or cognitive needs — and complex care often happen when needs are heavier, changing quickly, or difficult to support at home. Public, subsidized, and private-pay pathways can be different.