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2. Assisted living - Wikipedia

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   The expansion of assisted living has been the shift from "care as service" to "care as business" in the broader health care system predicted in 1982. [1] A consumer-driven industry, assisted living offers a wide range of options, levels of care, and diversity of services (Lockhart, 2009) and is subject to state rather than federal regulatory ...

3. District nurse - Wikipedia

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   District nurses, a job which requires experience, are generally older than hospital nurses and 46% planned to either retire or leave in the next six years. A majority reported that they had insufficient time to devote proper care to patients and 75% said they had vacancies or ‘frozen posts’ in their teams. [3]

4. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Board and care homes (residential care homes) are special facilities designed to provide those who require assisted living services both living quarters and proper care. These facilities can either be located in a small residential home or a large facility. A large majority of board and care homes are designed to room less than 6 people.

5. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   An old man at a nursing home in Norway. Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care), serves the needs of old adults.It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care.

6. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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   Williams asserted that many of these hospices are essentially forcing patients who experience a pain crisis to call 911 — a decision that runs counter to the hospice philosophy. The Justice Department has declined to comment on the progress of the lawsuit, though it is likely to lead to a cash settlement, like almost all such cases.

7. 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.