Friendly Rest Home Inc

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 also called retirement residences. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. 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. Nursing Home residents in a skilled nursing facility may also receive physical, occupational, and other rehabilitative therapies following an accident or illness. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. 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. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living.