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2. Assisted Living Types, Costs, Services, and More - WebMD

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   The services offered by assisted living communities vary from facility to facility. Services often include: One to three meals a day. Monitoring of medication. Personal care, including dressing ...

3. Caregiving: Taking Care of Older Adults - WebMD

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   Add safety rails in showers and tubs and near the toilet. Reduce water temperature to below 120 F (48.9 C). Move furniture and clear clutter to create clear, wide paths. Place nightlights ...

4. Activities of daily living - Wikipedia

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   This includes assisting in patient mobility, such as repositioning an activity-intolerant patient in bed. Hygiene assistance may involve giving bed baths and helping with urinary and bowel elimination. Personal care assistants are required to adhere to established standards of care. Personal assistance is defined as wagered support of 20 or ...

5. Older Adults: Assistive Devices to Make Life Easier - WebMD

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   Bedroom: Bed rail: This stability bar slips beneath your mattress, so you get in and out of bed safely. Button hook and zipper pull: This gadget makes getting dressed easier. One end pulls button ...

6. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care. Elderly care emphasizes the social and personal requirements of senior citizens who wish to age with dignity while needing assistance with daily activities and with healthcare .

7. 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 ...