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Nursing Home residents in a skilled nursing facility may also receive physical, occupational, and other rehabilitative therapies following an accident or illness. Housing arrangements for the future can be a stressful, anxiety-provoking topic for you and your family. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. 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. Retirement homes are privately owned rental accommodations for seniors who are able to manage and pay for their own care. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. Assistance may include the administration or supervision of medication, or personal care services provided by a trained staff person.