Blue Mountain Senior Housing

Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. Assisted living emerged in the 1990s as an eldercare alternative on the continuum of care for seniors for whom Independent living is no longer appropriate but who do not need the 24-hour medical care provided by a nursing home. Assisted living comes by many names, such as residential care, board and care, or group homes. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. Assisted living emerged in the 1990s as an eldercare alternative on the continuum of care for seniors for whom Independent living is no longer appropriate but who do not need the 24-hour medical care provided by a nursing home.