A retirement home
– sometimes called an old people's home
or old age home, although this term
can also refer to a nursing home – is a multi-residence housing facility intended
for senior citizens. Typically, each person or couple in the home has an
apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Additional facilities are provided
within the building. This can include facilities for meals, gatherings,
recreation activities, and some form of health or hospice care. A place in a
retirement home can be paid for on a rental basis, like an apartment, or can be
bought in perpetuity on the same basis as a condominium.
A retirement home differs from a nursing home primarily
in the level of medical care given. Retirement communities, unlike retirement
homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents.
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