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2. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   Nursing home. 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 ...

3. Residential care homes in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   In 1994, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong passed the Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Ordinance. All residential care facilities (except nursing home, which is monitored by the Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance) must be licensed to legitimate their operation under the ordinance.

4. 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 ...

5. Radfield Home Care - Wikipedia

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   Radfield Home Care is a provider of home care in the United Kingdom based in Shrewsbury founded by Dr Hannah MacKechnie and Alex Green in 2008. It developed from Radfield Residential Home which ran as a care home business for 26 years. MacKechnie and her family lived and worked in the home. It was the winner of the British Franchise Association ...

6. Home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Home health care is medical in nature and is provided by licensed, skilled healthcare professionals. Home health care providers deliver services in the client's own home. Professional home health services may include medical or psychological assessment, wound care, pain management, disease education and management, physical therapy, speech ...

7. Home care - Wikipedia

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   Home care. 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.