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Senior Living - info and advice for older adults. 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. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. Generally, retirement homes are designed for seniors who need minimal to moderate support with their daily living activities. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. Housing arrangements for the future can be a stressful, anxiety-provoking topic for you and your family. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. 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.