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2. Home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Non-medical in-home care is also called companion care or unskilled care. It is a valuable service for seniors in need of household help, social interaction, or transportation to appointments. Home care is most utilized by elderly people who live alone with impairments with their activities of daily living and have low social support.

3. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly - Wikipedia

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   On Lok Senior Health Services was created in 1971 to address the long-term care needs of older immigrants in San Francisco's Chinatown-North Beach neighborhood. [3] After its founding, between 1973 and 1975, On Lok expanded to include day centers, in-home care, home-delivered meals, and housing assistance. [3]

4. Continuing care retirement communities in the United States

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   24-hour nursing home care, usually in a dedicated skilled nursing facility. In addition, many CCRCs have a fourth level of memory support care, in addition to assisted living and skilled nursing; some offer home-and community-based care, expanding their reach into the greater community; and a few provide the last level of end-of-life care.

5. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   It costs less than nursing home care but is still considered expensive for most people. [39] Home care services may allow seniors to live in their own home for a longer period of time. One relatively new service in the United States that can help keep older people in their homes longer is respite care. [40]

6. Long-term care - Wikipedia

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   "Long-term services and supports" (LTSS) is the modernized term for community services, which may obtain health care financing (e.g., home and community-based Medicaid waiver services), [7] [8] and may or may not be operated by the traditional hospital-medical system (e.g., physicians, nurses, nurse's aides).

7. Home care - Wikipedia

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   Homecare (home care, in-home care), also known as domiciliary care, personal care or social care, is health care or supportive care provided in the individual home where the patient or client is living, generally focusing on paramedical aid by professional caregivers, assistance in daily living for ill, disabled or elderly people, or a combination thereof.