C A Mues Memorial Good Samaritan Center Retirement Homes

 CONTACT
  Nancy Wepplo
 ASSISTED LIVING
  Priv rooms
   Semipriv rooms
 SERVICES
  Central dining
   Housekeeping
   Transportation
   Social and recreational
   Physical therapy
   Supervision of medications
   Supervised bathing
   Medical care
   Religious activities
   Laundry
 NURSING SERVICES
  Skilled nurs beds 50
   Intermediate nurs beds 53
 DATE OPENED
  1961
 OWNER TYPE
  Private non-profit
 OWNER
  Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
 AFFILIATIONS
  ELCA
    Retirement Homes & Senior Housing

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. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. You have a close network of nearby family, friends, and neighbors. Retirement homes are also called retirement residences. Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. 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. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance.