Locations where lodging, boarding, and personal care are provided for residents are classified as which occupancy?

• A. Residential occupancies
• B. Board and care occupancies
• C. Health care occupancies
• D. Institutional occupancies

Answer: (B)

The concept here is how facilities are classified by the level of services they provide to residents. When a location offers lodging, meals, and personal care for residents, it falls under board and care occupancy. Personal care means help with daily activities and some supervision, but not the skilled medical treatment you’d find in a health care setting. This distinguishes it from purely residential occupancies, where the focus is housing with little or no ongoing personal care; health care occupancies, which center on medical or nursing care; and institutional occupancies, which cover larger facilities with higher levels of supervision or custody. So the combination of lodging plus personal care defined the board and care category.