Adult Care Consultants

Retirement homes are also called retirement residences. A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit, care home or rest home provides a specific type of care for its residents. Retirement homes are privately owned rental accommodations for seniors who are able to manage and pay for their own care. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. 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. 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 coordination of services by outside health careproviders. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. Nursing Home residents in a skilled nursing facility may also receive physical, occupational, and other rehabilitative therapies following an accident or illness. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance.