Aurora Australis Lodge

You have a close network of nearby family, friends, and neighbors. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. 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. 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. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. 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. You have a close network of nearby family, friends, and neighbors. Nursing Home residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical or mental disabilities.