Community Memorial Health Center

A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. Assisted living comes by many names, such as residential care, board and care, or group homes. A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. 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. An assisted living facility may be a good choice if you don’t need the round-the-clock medical care and supervision of a nursing home. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. 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. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person.