North Grove Personal Care Home

Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. Assisted living comes by many names, such as residential care, board and care, or group homes. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given. 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. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well.