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2. Nursing Home Care: Services, Costs, and More Information - WebMD

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   The services nursing homes offer vary from facility to facility. Services often include: Room and board. Monitoring of medication. Personal care (including dressing, bathing, and toilet assistance ...

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

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   A nursing home may be better if you need 24-hour medical care. Assisted living facilities may be a good choice if you’re in good health but need help with some activities. Healthline

4. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   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 private, and ...

5. Home care - Wikipedia

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   Homecare (also spelled as home care) is health care or supportive care provided by a professional caregiver in the individual home where the patient or client is living, as opposed to care provided in group accommodations like clinics or nursing home. [1] Homecare is also known as domiciliary care, social care or in-home care.

6. Long-term care - Wikipedia

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   Elderly man at a nursing home in Norway. Long-term care ( LTC) is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods. Long-term care is focused on individualized and coordinated services that promote independence, maximize ...

7. Nursing Home vs. Memory Care: What’s the Difference? - WebMD

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   The average cost for a private room in a nursing home is about $299 a day, which adds up to about $109,000 a year. A semi-private room (one you share with another person) is about $263 per day, or ...

8. Understanding Medicare Coverage for Home Health Aides

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   Medicare covers some aspects of these home health services, including physical and occupational therapy as well as skilled nursing care. However, Medicare doesn’t cover all home health services ...

9. Medicare and Nursing Homes: Your Questions Answered - Healthline

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   Medicare is a health insurance program for those ages 65 and older (and with certain medical conditions) in the United States. The programs cover services like hospital stays and outpatient ...