Re: Extension proposal for Senior Housing

Its seems like the terms "non medical care" and "medical care" are a
differentiator distinguishing some communities from others or of the care
services they provide.

I am concerned that the PR might not be flexible enough to state which
communities offer "non medical care" versus "medical care" ?
Isn't that an important consideration ?  Should that instead be a property
as a boolean indicator perhaps ?  Those communities that offer "medical
care" are they always known as nursing homes or can they be called
something else at times ?

(I noticed your subtle changes in the descriptions on the PR)

Not my domain, but just thinking out loud.
I found this website that seemed to sum up much of the amenities and
services typically offered:
http://www.alfa.org/alfa/Lifestyles_and_Amenities.asp

-Thad

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 7:16 PM Sushanth Ramakrishna <sushanth@seniorly.com>
wrote:

> Hi Community,
>
> I need your input on my proposed extension. I have added vocabulary around
> Senior Care Communities. My goal is to add structure around existing senior
> care services to make it easier to discover and understand the difference
> between applicable options.
> (Disclosure : I am a developer at a Senior Care Marketplace company)
>
> I followed the example from Richard Wallis' work to extend the schema.
>
> *Quick summary of changes: *
> Added types to represent Senior Housing Communities and certain properties
> to enable easier understanding of care offered in these communities.
>
> *PR on GitHub:* https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/pull/1462
>
> *You can view the full changes here: *
> https://sly-hosted-ext.appspot.com/SeniorHousingCommunity
> https://sly-hosted-ext.appspot.com/SeniorCareService
> https://sly-hosted-ext.appspot.com/AssistedLivingCare
> https://sly-hosted-ext.appspot.com/MemoryCare
> https://sly-hosted-ext.appspot.com/HospiceCare
> https://sly-hosted-ext.appspot.com/AssistedLivingCommunity
> https://sly-hosted-ext.appspot.com/MemoryCareCommunity
>
>
> *References for terms: *
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_living
> http://www.nhpco.org/about/hospice-care
> http://www.aplaceformom.com/blog/2013-3-4-assisted-living-vs-memory-care/
>
>
>
> Side Note: Google's knowledge graph seems to be aware of 'Assisted Living
> Facility'  entity even though I did not find any references in the base or
> searchable extensions on schema.org. If anyone on this forum is aware of
> any existing pull requests or discussions, do point me in that direction.
>
> Do let me know If I am not doing things right or am missing key elements.
> I appreciate any and all guidance to making the web a little more
> understandable!
>
> Best,
>
> *Sushanth Ramakrishna*
> Seniorly, Inc.
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