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The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given. 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. Senior Housing - find independent and assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other elderly care. Independent living is a general name for any housing arrangement designed exclusively for seniors. 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. Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. Assisted living comes by many names, such as residential care, board and care, or group homes. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. You do not need to provide medical evidence that you need a minimum level of care. A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens.