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2. 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 ...

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

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   Assisted living is a type of housing designed for people who need various levels of medical and personal care. Living spaces can be individual rooms, apartments, or shared quarters. The facilities ...

4. What Is a Geriatric Doctor? - WebMD

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   What Does a Geriatric Doctor Do? This type of doctor usually focuses on a few key goals. They: Diagnose and treat certain conditions. If you're an older adult, it's common to have one or more long ...

5. What Is Primary Care? Healthcare Services, Procedures, Doctors

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   Primary care providers are trained to prevent, diagnose, and treat conditions you may have across your whole life span. Primary care includes preventive services like diabetes and cancer ...

6. Integrated care - Wikipedia

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   Integrated care, also known as integrated health, coordinated care, comprehensive care, seamless care, interprofessional care or transmural care, is a worldwide trend in health care reforms and new organizational arrangements focusing on more coordinated and integrated forms of care provision. Integrated care may be seen as a response to the ...

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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. Medicare and Assisted Living: Does Medicare Pay? - Healthline

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   Bottom line. Assisted living is a step between living at home and living in a nursing home. It blends medical monitoring and helps with daily activities while providing as much independence as ...