Lutheran Social Svc

The usual retirement home pattern is that each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Retirement villages and retirement communities, unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents. Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. Independent Living Communities enable residents to live as independently as possible, while providing certain services and social activities. 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. 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 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. Housing arrangements for the future can be a stressful, anxiety-provoking topic for you and your family. Assisted living comes by many names, such as residential care, board and care, or group homes.