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2. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. [1] Nursing homes may also be referred to as care homes, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to indicate whether the institutions are public or private, and ...

3. Long-term care - Wikipedia

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   Long-term care. Elderly man at a nursing home in Norway. Long-term care ( LTC) is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods. Long-term care is focused on individualized and coordinated services that promote ...

4. Life Care Centers of America - Wikipedia

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   lcca .com. Life Care Centers of America is the largest privately held long-term elderly care company in the U.S., with facilities across 27 states, and the third largest in the U.S. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee. According to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, Life Care Centers of America operates 254 nursing homes ...

5. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 2012 the American Association of Retired Persons, in its profiles on long term services and supports in the states, indicated that $5,495 per person is available for home health services, $11,142 for personal care services, $10,710 for aging waiver. The average for nursing facilities is $29,533 per person. [42]

6. Assisted living - Wikipedia

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   Age groups will vary with every facility. There is currently a transformation occurring in long-term care. Assisted living communities are accepting higher and higher levels of care, and nursing homes are becoming a place for those undergoing rehabilitation after a hospital stay or needing extensive assistance.

7. 'It's dire': How the nursing home industry continues to ... - AOL

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   The law also included $83 million to help long-term care providers launch recruitment efforts with an apprenticeship model. But operators say it’s not nearly enough to stem the bleeding in their ...