My parents live in an AL facility. Can anyone tell me what they define light housekeeping?

This stuff should be well defined in the facility's literature. There are different levels of service and care at different prices. Read the paperwork then talk to management.

My mother's AL did whatever housecleaning needed in her room. Mom was very sloppy, throwing clothes on the floor, leaving dirty dishes under the sink, dropping crumbs on the rug. She's 101 and just didn't care. They cleaned up everything. I visited once a week, different days and a majority of the time, everything was clean and neat, rug vacuumed, bathroom clean. I would ask the AL what light housekeeping means. We paid a set rate for the room which included that, and separate fee for her personal care needs.

My mom lives in IL in IL (hahahaha). That's Independent Living in Illinois. Her housekeeping is very similar to Babalou's mom. They clean the bathroom (tub, toilet, floors, sink), mop the kitchen and bathroom floors, vacuum, dust and clean the kitchen sink and cabinets. They would change the sheets, but I do that for my mom. Once a year there's a special annual cleaning that includes washing sheers, turning the mattress, etc. Sounds like your mom is getting the short shrift on cleaning, in my opinion.

My folks are still home so my experience is just visiting several places, hear the sales pitch and reading the lit. Hopefully some more experienced folks will respond to your question. But yea, you shouldn't be cleaning the friggin toilet!

You will find that housekeeping is one of the things that suffers when a facility is trying to cut expenses, staff will be pared back or have their hours cut without regard for how long it takes to actually do the job. There will be rooms that are a disaster and take far more than the allotted time, so other rooms will get shorted. If staff is on the ball they can concentrate on a deeper clean of a different area each time, so 15 minutes may be sufficient. If there are specific areas that are of concern I would talk to the administrators about it, they will either try to rectify the situation or inform you that that is outside the scope of "light housekeeping".

Windy, you need to be aware that for some people that toilet may need cleaning several times a day, that just ain't gonna happen.

Roger that Cwillie.......

House Cleaning Checklist:
mollymaid./cleaning-institute/schedules-charts-checklists/house-cleaning-checklist.

In my mom's il, it was cleaning the whole bathroom, changing sheets, vacuum and dust, wipe down the kitchen counters, wash the kitchen floors, launder sheets and towels. Monthly fee for IL, suburban metro ny ( with three meals a day) was $5200. Per month in 2012.

It has always meant: I don't do windows.
You are paying for it, can you make a list of what you need done, then see the manager.?