Faubush Family Homes

Faubush Family Homes is a 10-bed assisted living community in Globe, Arizona, and its small, home-style scale is the first thing that defines it. Instead of a long hallway of apartment doors, the community is a residential house where a handful of people live together, and almost everything about the setting follows from that. With only 10 beds, the number of people sharing the house at any given time is about what a large extended family would be.

Residents are likely to know one another by name, to recognize the sound of a neighbor's footsteps in the hall, and to notice when someone is missing from a familiar chair. That kind of familiarity is difficult to build in a large building, and it is built into the structure here from the first day someone moves in. Assisted living at Faubush Family Homes means help with the everyday tasks that become harder with age, offered inside a household instead of a clinical setting.

Support with things like dressing, bathing, and getting around the house is the kind of care assisted living exists to provide, and in a home this size it is delivered by people who have the chance to learn each resident's habits and preferences. A person who likes to rise early, or who takes a little longer in the morning, is not one name on a long roster but one of ten people the household is arranged around.

The residential setting also changes the feel of ordinary moments. A home-style community has the rhythm of a house, with shared living space, a shared table, and a pace set by the people who live there rather than by a institutional schedule posted on a wall. Visitors come into a home and not a lobby, which many families find makes it easier to sit down for a conversation, share a cup of coffee, and feel like guests in a relative's house instead of visitors in an institution.

For an older adult who has spent decades in a family home, the move into a place like this can feel less like a break with the past. The scale of the rooms, the closeness of the other residents, and the quiet of a residential street in Globe all echo the kind of surroundings many people have known for most of their lives. Globe itself is a smaller Arizona city, and a community of this size sits comfortably within it, without the crowds and noise that come with a large campus.

The small headcount has practical effects as well. Staff in a 10-bed home can see how each resident is doing from one day to the next, and changes in appetite, mood, or energy are easier to notice when the same few faces are seen every day. Family members who visit can expect to meet the people who care for their loved one and to be recognized themselves after a few visits, which makes conversations about care feel direct and personal.

The flip side of a small home is that it does not try to be a resort. A house with 10 beds has one main living area and one rhythm to its days, not a long calendar of simultaneous events spread across multiple wings. Residents who enjoy a quiet, close-knit household, where a conversation at the table is the main event of the afternoon, tend to find that the scale suits them. Those who want a wide range of amenities and a large social scene will notice the difference right away.

Faubush Family Homes offers assisted living only, and that clear focus defines the kind of support available within the house. It is a place for older adults who need some daily help but still value a sense of home, privacy in a modest setting, and the company of a few neighbors instead of a few hundred. Families who want to see how that works in person can arrange a visit through their local advisor, who can answer questions about current openings, the details of care, and what a typical day looks like inside the house.