Assisted Living Directory
Assisted living facilities usually offer care to people who cannot live on their own, but who are ambulatory and who do not need a skilled nursing facility or nursing home. Assisted living centers fill a gap between retirement communities, retirement homes and independent living centers, on the one hand, and nursing homes providing round-the-clock care, on the other.
Assisted living staff help residents with eating, bathing, dressing, laundry, housekeeping, and assistance with medications. Many assisted living facilities provide medical care centers, although it may be less intensive as at a nursing home. Assisted living centers usually offer private apartments with a central social area, kitchen and dining area. This focus on socialization reduces the sense of isolation that disabled, and elderly people may feel when living alone.
Assisted living is also called residential care, personal care, adult congregate living care, board and care, domiciliary care, adult living facilities, supported care, enhanced care, community based retirement facilities, adult foster care, adult homes, sheltered housing or retirement residences, and the centers may be connected with both independent living housing and nursing homes. This combination is called a continuing care retirement community.
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