Lumber River Family Care

Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. Assisted living comes by many names, such as residential care, board and care, or group homes. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with monitoring of resident activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. Senior Housing - find independent and assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other elderly care. Nursing Home residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical or mental disabilities. 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.