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Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. Generally, retirement homes are designed for seniors who need minimal to moderate support with their daily living activities. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. Senior Housing - find independent and assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other elderly care. An assisted living facility may be a good choice if you need more personal care services than are feasible at home or in an independent living retirement community. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. 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. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given. A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit, care home or rest home provides a specific type of care for its residents. Senior Housing - find independent and assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other elderly care. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with coordination of services by outside health careproviders. A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance.