Jena Housing Authority

A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. 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. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. 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. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. There is a wide range of home care services that can help you maintain your independence within the comfort of your own home, from in home help to day care. You do not need to provide medical evidence that you need a minimum level of care. Housing arrangements for the future can be a stressful, anxiety-provoking topic for you and your family. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. 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. 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.