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Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities. Senior Living - info and advice for older adults. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit, care home or rest home provides a specific type of care for its residents. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms.