What is the difference between a Nursing home and an assisted living facility?
Nursing homes provide a more intensive level of care than a assisted living facility. Nursing home residents usually have complex medical conditions that require interventions such as injections, feeding tubes or restraint. Nursing homes are required to have nurses around the clock who provide and supervise the care of their patients. Nursing homes also are oriented toward a medical model of care, with physicians on staff. Some nursing homes receive public funding such as Medicare and Medicaid and most Long Term Care Insurance policies pay for Nursing home care.Assisted lving facilities provide a less intensive level of care and, generally, do not subscribe to the medical model of care. Most Assisted Living Facilities do not have nurses or physicians on their staff and provide mainly physical and personal care, such as assistance with bathing, eating, dressing and toileting. Generally speaking, any complex medical or nursing care needed must be performed by an outside agency such as ho
