Fairview Meadows

Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with coordination of services by outside health careproviders. Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. Senior Living - info and advice for older adults. Assisted Living communities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. Retirement homes are also called retirement residences. An assisted living facility may be a good choice if you need more personal care services than are feasible at home or in an independent living retirement community. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms.