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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. 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 ...

4. Senior Living Options: Independent, Assisted Living, Nursing ...

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   Seniors who need a little more help with personal care but are still active and generally healthy may find one of these a good fit. Assisted living and residential care facilities offer the same ...

5. Assisted Living vs. Nursing Home: How Do They Differ?

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   Assisted living is primarily a residential environment, while nursing homes — also called skilled nursing facilities — are considered medical environments. To clarify the distinction, here’s ...

6. 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 ...

7. Senior living - Wikipedia

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   Independent senior living differs from continuing care communities, which offer independent living along with multiple other levels of care, such as assisted living and skilled nursing, in one single residence. A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly.