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A place in a retirement home can be paid for on a rental basis, like an apartment, or can be bought in perpetuity on the same basis as a condominium. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. You have a close network of nearby family, friends, and neighbors. Senior Housing - find independent and assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other elderly care. 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. Nursing Home residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical or mental disabilities. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit, care home or rest home provides a specific type of care for its residents. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. Retirement homes are privately owned rental accommodations for seniors who are able to manage and pay for their own care. Housing arrangements for the future can be a stressful, anxiety-provoking topic for you and your family. You have a close network of nearby family, friends, and neighbors. Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living. A place in a retirement home can be paid for on a rental basis, like an apartment, or can be bought in perpetuity on the same basis as a condominium. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. Senior Living - info and advice for older adults.