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Retirement homes are privately owned rental accommodations for seniors who are able to manage and pay for their own care. You do not need to provide medical evidence that you need a minimum level of care. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. There is a wide range of home care services that can help you maintain your independence within the comfort of your own home, from in home help to day care. A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. 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. Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. You have a close network of nearby family, friends, and neighbors. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with coordination of services by outside health careproviders. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given.