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2. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   An old man at a nursing home in Norway. Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care ), serves the needs of old adults. It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care ), hospice care, and home care .

3. Aging in Place: What Is It, and How Can You Do It? - Healthline

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   A National Poll on Healthy Aging, based on a survey of 2,277 adults ages 50 to 80, found that many older adults who wish to age in place need to improve their homes and plan for services like ...

4. 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 ...

5. Retirement home - Wikipedia

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   A retirement home – sometimes called an old people's home, [1] old folks' home, [2] or old age home, although old people's home can also refer to a nursing home [3] – is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly. Typically, each person or couple in the home has an apartment -style room or suite of rooms with an en-suite ...

6. Content on Health Care Needs for Seniors - WebMD

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   The 4Ms: How to Improve Care for Older Adults. The John A. Hartford Foundation’s mission is to improve care for older adults by focusing on the 4Ms: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and ...

7. Aged care in Australia - Wikipedia

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   Aged care in Australia (also known as elderly care ), is the provision of services to meet the unique needs of older people in Australia. [1] It includes both residential aged care ( nursing homes) as well as services provided in the home such as personal care, domestic assistance, home nursing, nutrition and meal preparation, respite services ...