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2. Assisted living - Wikipedia

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   Assisted living facility in Israel. An assisted living residence or assisted living facility (ALF) is a housing facility for people with disabilities or for adults who cannot or who choose not to live independently. The term is popular in the United States. Still, the setting is similar to a retirement home, in the sense that facilities provide ...

3. Group home - Wikipedia

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   Group homes for children provide an alternative to traditional foster care, though family support to the birth, adoptive, and foster families are often first recommended. [40] Several sources state that, in comparison to other placement alternatives, this form of care is the most restrictive for youth in the foster care system. [41]

4. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Home health typically refers to a nursing visit or aide visit to assist with daily living and are provided by certified home health care agencies. Barr (2007) reported Medicaid funds at $47.8 billion nationally in 2008, and Medicare, a different federal program at $20 billion in 2010.

5. Costs and alternatives to long-term care

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   Long-term care insurer Genworth offers this 2010 online state-by-state. Long-term care is horrifyingly expensive – as The New York Times pointed out in an analysis this week, entitled "ignore ...

6. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care. Elderly care emphasizes the social and personal requirements of senior citizens who wish to age with dignity while needing assistance with daily activities and with healthcare. Much elderly care is unpaid. [1]

7. Continuing care retirement communities in the United States

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   A continuing care retirement community (CCRC), [1][2] sometimes known as a life plan community, is a type of retirement community in the U.S. where a continuum of aging care needs—from independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing care—can all be met within the community. [3] These various levels of shelter and care may be housed ...