What is the difference between assisted living and group home?
Assisted living facilities offer housing with qualified staff for senior citizens who need some help with everyday tasks from cooking and cleaning to bathing, dressing or taking medicine. Assisted living homes are usually large facilities that include amenities such as private units, physical therapy services, recreation rooms, barber shop and beauty parlors, pharmacies and fitness centers. Assisted living facilities range in sizes form large communities of 100 or more residents to smaller communities with 15 or less residents. Group homes are typically smaller units with 3 to 16 residents. Group homes offer housing to residents in need of social assistance, and who are usually deemed incapable of living alone or without proper supervision. People who live in group homes may be senior citizens, abused or neglected youths, youths with behavioral or emotional problems or persons that are developmentally challenged.
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