My Sisters Place

Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include Residential Care Home, Assisted Care Living Facilities, and Personal Care Homes. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. Nursing Home residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical or mental disabilities. More than two-thirds of the states use the licensure term assisted living. You do not need to provide medical evidence that you need a minimum level of care. Staff is available twenty-four hours a day. The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. A nursing home may be a good choice if both medical and personal care needs have become too great to handle at home. Senior Housing - find independent and assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other elderly care. Some facilities provide minor help with medications as well. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities.