A homecare nurse visits an older patient who lives in a Naturally Occurring Retirement Commu-nity (NORC). The nurse understands that NORCs are:
a. purpose-built senior housing communities.
b. neighborhoods or buildings where a large segment of the residents are older adults.
c. communities where volunteers coordinate access to services for older adults.
d. intentional collaborative housing where residents participate in the design and op-eration of the neighborhood.
ANS: B
NORCs are neighborhoods or buildings where a large number of the residents are older adults. They were not purposely built as senior housing. The residents in a NORC aged in place. The vil-lage model is where volunteers coordinate access to affordable care for seniors. Cohousing is an intentional collaborative model where residents participate in the design and operation of the neighborhood.
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