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More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. Assisted living comes by many names, such as residential care, board and care, or group homes. Senior Housing - find independent and assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other elderly care. Housing arrangements for the future can be a stressful, anxiety-provoking topic for you and your family. A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens. Nursing Home residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical or mental disabilities. 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. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit, care home or rest home provides a specific type of care for its residents. Housing arrangements for the future can be a stressful, anxiety-provoking topic for you and your family. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. 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.