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Seniors struggling with common tasks, such as housekeeping, but determined to retain their autonomy, can find an answer in assisted living. These communities have staff to clean seniors’ rooms, chefs to prepare meals and trained personnel to ensure medications are taken on time. A typical placement in Fremont costs $6,100 per month, which is about 19.8% above the state average.
This guide discusses assisted living costs in more detail, considers Fremont’s pros and cons and provides a small list of resources for the city’s seniors.
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The Community Care Licensing Division, part of the California Department of Social Services, is the authority that ensures the state’s assisted living facilities operate to the standards specified in their licenses. The division can investigate complaints made about facilities and conduct inspections. It also has the power to revoke licenses from holders that don’t comply with the terms and conditions.
At $6,100, Fremont’s typical assisted living fees are amongst the most costly in this part of the state, exceeding California’s average by $1,100 per month and the national average by $1,800.
Although Fremont’s average assisted living fees are costly, seniors in Santa Cruz need to budget for around $6,800 per month for similar services. However, 25 minutes from Fremont, in San Jose, costs of $5,875 are considered normal. To find significantly lower costs, it’s necessary to travel to cities such as Modesto, where they’re $4,000, and Stockton, where the average is $3,500.
Fremont
$6,100
California
$5,000
The United States
$4,300
Santa Cruz
$6,800
San Jose
$5,875
Stockton
$3,500
Modesto
$4,000
Only $1 separates the costs of assisted living from home care and home health care. Assisted living includes accommodation, yet its $6,100 costs are below those for care provided in the home, including health care, which provides limited medical services. Adult day health care is suitable for able-bodied seniors who can travel to centers, which is recognized in its lower fees of $1,950. Semiprivate rooms in nursing homes typically cost $12,471, with seniors in private rooms paying an additional $2,737 per month.
Home care
$6,101
Home health care
$6,101
Adult day health care
$1,950
Assisted living
$6,100
Nursing home (semiprivate room)
$12,471
Nursing home (private room)
$15,208
Note: Data for Fremont was unavailable, so data for the nearest city, San Francisco, was used instead.
Eligible seniors can find financial assistance services in Fremont through both the Medicaid 1915(c) Assisted Living Waiver Program, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and the optional state supplement (OSS).
Learn more about these programs, plus who’s eligible, on our Assisted Living in California page.
While many families use their own funds or personal assets to pay for assisted living, there are plenty of additional options to cover these costs. Some additional ways to finance assisted living costs include:
For more information about different ways to finance assisted living, visit our Assisted Living in California page.
Seniors in Fremont can use the following resources to help with medical care and transportation. They can also assist seniors who want to help their communities and need someone to talk to about the quality of their care. These examples only dip into what the city has to offer.
Resource | Contact | Service |
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Long-Term Care Ombudsman | (510) 577-1900 | The Long-term Care Ombudsman is a division of the Alameda County Area Agency of Aging. It’s mostly staffed by volunteers who routinely visit long-term care communities to engage with the residents, ensure they’re aware of their rights and take note of their complaints. The ombudsman investigates all complaints made by seniors, their families and third parties. If a complaint suggests criminal behavior, such as neglect, the ombudsman will contact the appropriate authority. |
Fremont Aging & Family Services | (510) 574-2041 | The Aging & Family Services of the City of Fremont offers a range of resources for older residents. These include counseling and emotional support programs to help seniors cope with grief, depression and other factors that may induce anxiety, such as coping with the physical changes of aging. It also manages Ride-On Tri-City!, a transportation program that includes subsidized taxi services, a wheelchair van service that operates door-to-door and training on how to cost-effectively use of the area’s public transport services. |
Palo Alto VA Medical Center-Menlo Park | (650) 614-9997 | The Palo Alto VA Medical Center-Menlo Park serves the area’s veterans and some family members, providing excellent levels of health care services. The center delivers a number of treatments, such as physical therapies for muscular conditions, dentistry, speech pathology and smoking cessation sessions. There’s also a pharmacy and day treatment services, in addition to specialists who deal with women’s health issues. However, walk-in appointments and emergency services are not available. |
City of Fremont Volunteers | (510) 284-4000 | City of Fremont Volunteers is a program initiated by the City of Fremont to give able-bodied citizens, including seniors, the opportunity to serve their communities. These include participating in park clean-up operations, helping out in senior centers, working with the local fire department and assisting the police department, including its animal shelter. There are also opportunities to deliver hot meals to housebound seniors and provide rides to medical appointments. |
Fremont-area assisted living communities must adhere to the comprehensive set of state laws and regulations that all assisted living communities in California are required to follow. Visit our Assisted Living in California page for more information about these laws.
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