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2. Continuing care retirement communities in the United States

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   A continuing care retirement community ( CCRC ), [1] [2] sometimes known as a life plan community, is a type of retirement community in the U.S. where a continuum of aging care needs—from independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing care—can all be met within the community. [3] These various levels of shelter and care may be ...

3. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   Nursing home. A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. [1] Nursing homes may also be referred to as care homes, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to indicate whether the institutions are public or ...

4. Assisted living - Wikipedia

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   An assisted living residence or assisted living facility ( ALF) is a housing facility for people with disabilities or for adults who cannot or who choose not to live independently. The term is popular in the United States. Still, the setting is similar to a retirement home, in the sense that facilities provide a group living environment and ...

5. Direct support professional - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Direct Support Professionals ( DSPs) are professionals who work directly with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with the aim of assisting the individual to become integrated into their community or the least restrictive environment. DSPs share similar job duties with professional caregivers; they may assist with ...

6. Home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Home health care is medical in nature and is provided by licensed, skilled healthcare professionals. Home health care providers deliver services in the client's own home. Professional home health services may include medical or psychological assessment, wound care, pain management, disease education and management, physical therapy, speech ...

7. List of California state agencies - Wikipedia

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   Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, California (BCSH) Cannabis Control, Bureau of. Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (CFB) Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB) Child Support Services, Department of (CDCSS) Chiropractic Examiners, Board of (BCE) Citizens Compensation Commission, California.