Miller Manor

A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given. The housing is friendlier to older adults, more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in outside maintenance. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens. 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. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities. 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.