ASSISTED LIVING BY RAPHAEL

ASSISTED LIVING BY RAPHAEL is a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE), located in Camarillo (Ventura County), California. We are licensed by the California Department of Social Services (DSS)-License # 567609701... Assisted living is the 2nd of 4 increasingly intensive phases of care to residents. First (and least/lowest) is Independent Living, which involves only providing housekeeping, meals, and activities. Second is Assisted Living (RCFE's). Third is Skilled Nursing (Nursing Homes), and Fourth is Hospitalization. Assisted Living is considered social care, NOT medical care. We are not allowed to accept residents with IV's, bladder catheters, feeding tubes, etc., unless a waiver is obtained by DSS or the resident is designated as Hospice-eligible by their admitting physician (maximum of 2 residents at a time). Hospice is defined as palliative (comfort) care for those with a life expectancy less than 6 months, as per their treating physician. In that case, outside hospice..