| In olden days, the life of seniors was routed only to | | | | according to the requested services and medication |
| nursing cares or hospitals. The sexagenarians, | | | | facilities required but are cheaper than the nursing |
| diseased and the paralyzed forcefully ended their | | | | homes. |
| lives in hospital beds and the atmosphere provided | | | | The recruited staff undergoes certified training prior |
| there was not comfortable. But in 1990's, in order to | | | | to the job and is well equipped with the ways to |
| enable convenient living and define new life for those | | | | support each of the residents. The staff takes shifts |
| respected and incapable that marked the social | | | | to assist residents and carry out various tasks like |
| responsibility of the nation, assisted living was | | | | laundry, house-keeping, cleaning, cooking meals etc. |
| initiated. Assisted living portrays a life with the | | | | Also included in the assisted living homes are |
| assistance of one or other people like family | | | | physiotherapies, exercises, and extra activities to |
| members, nursing cares etc. Though the concept of | | | | inject energy in the residents. Regular get-togethers |
| nursing homes was old, the assisted living was | | | | for all the residents, both individual and the communal |
| designed with the same purpose but different | | | | survivors, are also included. And also available are |
| objectives. | | | | therapy dogs to heal mental illness of the patients |
| Assisted living homes were as a result of such | | | | and provide friendly environment. In nursing homes, |
| implementations. The nursing homes provided | | | | the staff provides 24 hour medical facilities while with |
| medication facilities and doctors were available to | | | | the assisted living homes, the medical administration is |
| treat the diseased, including infectious diseases. But | | | | handled by a third party, which is a bad decision for |
| the assisted living homes lack these medical facilities | | | | those sticking to bed. They require skilled nursing for |
| in that they can only provide aid to minor diseases | | | | daily care. But sometimes even the nursing homes |
| and manage a hospital nearby for further need. | | | | are under staffed and over-worked, which might |
| However, nursing homes lack the affection and care | | | | sometimes result in avoiding the patients. |
| that we find in the living homes in the communities. | | | | Nursing homes are of different types for different |
| The assisted living homes were designed to comfort | | | | diseases for example, Alzheimer's, mentally ill etc. |
| the diseased. The rooms include a single room, | | | | Assisted living homes are governed by state |
| kitchen and a restroom. For people who wish to live | | | | regulations and these differ from state to state and |
| independently, the facility of luxurious apartments | | | | some of the regulations like whether to admit an |
| was also provided. The residents were to select | | | | Alzheimer patient still need to be formulated. Even |
| either a community or individual survival. The nursing | | | | the Medicaid provided by the government for low |
| homes lack privacy and the residents share their | | | | income families is not accepted by the assisted living |
| rooms. The cost of assisted living homes varied | | | | homes but the nursing homes come under it. |