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2. Long-term care insurance - Wikipedia

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   Long-term care insurance can cover home care, assisted living, adult daycare, respite care, hospice care, nursing home, Alzheimer's facilities, and home modification to accommodate disabilities. [3] If home care coverage is purchased, long-term care insurance can pay for home care, often from the first day it is needed.

3. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Keren Brown Wilson first developed the idea for assisted living during the 1980s as an alternative to nursing home care. [38] Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity which was promoted nationwide as a community support in the 1990s, not a new nursing facility movement.

4. Respite care - Wikipedia

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   Respite care is planned or emergency temporary care provided to caregivers of a child or adult. [ 1 ] Respite programs provide planned short-term and time-limited breaks for families and other unpaid caregivers of children and adults with disabilities or cognitive loss in order to support and maintain the primary caregiving relationship.

5. Assisted living - Wikipedia

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   Assisted living falls somewhere between an independent living community and a skilled nursing facility regarding the level of care provided. [8] Continuing care retirement facilities combine independent living, assisted living, and nursing care in one facility. People living in newer assisted living facilities usually have private apartments.

6. Respite care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Significant percentages of family caregivers report physical or mental health problems due to caregiving. A recent survey of caregivers of children, adults and the disabled conducted by the National Family Caregivers Association, found that while 70% of the respondents reported finding an inner strength they didn't know they had, 27% reported having more headaches, 24% reported stomach ...

7. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   Thirty-two U.S. states pay for care in assisted living facilities through their Medicaid waiver programs. Similarly, in the United Kingdom the National Health Service provides medical care for the elderly, as for all, free at the point of use, but social care is paid for by the state only in Scotland. England, Wales and Northern Ireland have ...