Mardan Place

Retirement homes are also called retirement residences. A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities. A nursing home is normally the highest level of care for older adults outside of a hospital. Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily in the level of medical care given.