The staff at the CCRC can and will relieve you of many of the caregiving tasks, but some simply should not be outsourced, like managing a parent's finances. You really, really, don't want someone else doing that. As mentioned many of the local travel needs (shopping, dr. appointments) can be met with the CCRC's van, but you can't expect the feedback from staff to equal what you'd know if you went to the dr.'s appointment yourself. The staff can and will make sure they get to meals and eat enough, administer prescriptions, do laundry if needed, and the like for example, so family doesn't have to do that.
So there are pluses, but one has to be careful about what, and how much, to offload to the staff. There's usually an extra charge for laundry for example but your schedule or distance may make it worthwhile to pay that charge. How reliable prescription management is done is highly dependent on the individual staff members, and a close eye on that is imperative if possible.
There are lots of moving parts to all of this and of course "one size does not fit all".
