De Soto Towers Inc

Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. Assisted living comes by many names, such as residential care, board and care, or group homes. A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit, care home or rest home provides a specific type of care for its residents. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit, care home or rest home provides a specific type of care for its residents. Nursing Home residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical or mental disabilities. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities.