His monthly rent at an assisted-living residence, which included three hot meals, was $959.

She helped persuade the Jewish Home to build one of the country's first assisted-living residences for older adults.

Prior to that, one building of the complex, 591 Montgomery Street had been converted for senior assisted-living residence.

Rentals in assisted-living residences range from about $2,700 to more than $4,000 a month for units of 350 to 750 square feet.

The 70-unit building, which will open this fall, will be the first assisted-living residence for the elderly to rise at the water's edge.

Instead of offering just rental apartments, assisted-living residences combine housing with social services, three meals a day and when needed, personal care.

She is moving to an assisted-living residence in Manhattan this month.

Suffolk County also accounts for a large share of the Island's recently built assisted-living residences.

Does the assisted-living residence meet local and/or state licensing requirements?

But when the insurance policies started covering assisted-living residences and in-home care, the companies were in new territory.