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Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. A place in a retirement home can be paid for on a rental basis, like an apartment, or can be bought in perpetuity on the same basis as a condominium. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. You do not need to provide medical evidence that you need a minimum level of care. 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. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. There is a wide range of home care services that can help you maintain your independence within the comfort of your own home, from in home help to day care. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. Senior Living - info and advice for older adults.