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2. Home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   "Home care", "home health care" and "in-home care" are phrases that have been used interchangeably in the United States to mean any type of care—skilled or otherwise—given to a person in their own home. Home care aims to make it possible for people to remain at home rather than use residential, long-term, or institutional-based nursing care.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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 ...

6. Will Medicare pay for your home health care needs? It might ...

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   Finding and getting home health care. If you want help receiving home health care through Medicare, here are a few resources: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services free online guide, ...

7. 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]

8. Two more Petersen Health Care facilities in Illinois have ...

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   On Feb. 13, Judge Eric Long with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Urbana Division, signed an order placing Charleston Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in ...

9. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   In 2002, nursing homes became known as care homes with nursing, and residential homes became known as care homes. [31] As of April 2009, the lower capital limit is £13,500. At this level, all income from pensions, savings, benefits and other sources, except a "personal expenses allowance" (currently £21.90), goes towards paying the care home ...