Lifestyle

How Do I Become A Resident?

Plan ahead, join the Waiting List.

What is the Waiting List?

The Waiting List prioritizes future residents who have decided the ACTS Life Care Program is their best choice for financial and physical security in the future according to their date of application.
Only members of the Waiting List are offered apartments and have exclusive benefits of I'm-Ready and I'm-Not-Ready-Yet Club membership

1. Your first step to becoming a resident is to make deposit and complete a Waiting List application.

Once you are on the Waiting List, you are not obligated to move-in. By completing the application process you are assuring yourself that you will have the option to continue the selection process at the community (ies) of your choice.

Waiting List Procedure and Application

2. Is there a cost to go on the list? Yes

The cost to add your name to the list is a $1,000 application fee per person plus a $200 processing fee
If you are single, the cost is $1,200.
If you are a couple, the cost is $2,200.

3. Is the application fee refundable? Yes

The application fee ($1,000 per person) is fully refundable if you decide to remove your name from the Waiting List
The processing fee ($200) is not refundable after 30 days

4. How long will I wait?

Many prospective residents add their name to the Waiting List well before they are ready to move in, to assure themselves the opportunity to move in to an ACTS community when they are ready in the future
Waiting times vary by apartment size and community. Please call the community of your choice to find the approximate waiting time for your apartment of interest.

FAQ

What are the benefits of joining the Waiting List?
The flexibility of ACTS Retirement-Life Communities begins at the Waiting List.

Your one deposit and processing fee will put your name on the Waiting List for all ACTS communities and apartment sizes. You can select the communities and sizes in which you are most interested.
I'm-Ready or I'm-Not-Ready-Yet Club membership is included in your deposit fee. Opportunities to be involved with the community before you move in is encouraged through invitations to entertainment, trips and special events.
Once you move in, you always have the option to transfer to another community
You have made a plan to enter an ACTS community, when you are ready

What happens when a Life Care Consultant calls and asks me to look at an available apartment?

Every Life Care Consultant offers apartments as they become available, to people who are on the Waiting List in order of their application date for their community.

What if I say I do not want the apartment offered to me? Do I go to the bottom of the list?

If we call you and you are not ready to consider an apartment, you do not go to the bottom of the list.
You remain on the list according to your date of application

Can I transfer from one community to another? Yes.

If you would like to move to an ACTS community sooner than availability allows at your first choice community, you have the option of moving to a community or apartment size that is more readily available and remain on the Waiting List for the community and/or apartment size of your first choice.
Once your first choice community and apartment become available, we offer you the apartment (based on your original date of application), and you accept the apartment, you will pay a transfer fee and move in to your new apartment home.

What are the benefits of being able to transfer?
The benefits of taking the transfer option include:

You are covered with life care sooner than waiting until it is too late
You can enjoy all of the amenities and benefits of the ACTS lifestyle
You are locking in your entrance fee so when you eventually transfer you will pay the difference or receive a refund of the difference in entrance fees according to the year you originally moved in to an ACTS community. This could mean several thousand dollars savings to you.

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