White Oak Place Apartments

Generally, retirement homes are designed for seniors who need minimal to moderate support with their daily living activities. 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. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with monitoring of resident activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being. Independent living is a general name for any housing arrangement designed exclusively for seniors. Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. Nursing Home residents in a skilled nursing facility may also receive physical, occupational, and other rehabilitative therapies following an accident or illness. 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.