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Supportive Housing For Senior Citizens One day you may realize that living alone in your own home is becoming too difficult even with in-home services. Perhaps your health is beginning to fail or daily chores are becoming unmanageable. You may find yourself facing some serious housing decisions. Supportive housing is available to individuals who, for health, safety, or other reasons, choose not to remain in their own homes. In the past, leaving one's home for these reasons usually meant living with a relative or going into a nursing home. Today, people have a variety of other arrangements to choose from, depending on their physical and mental ability to cope with daily chores. Some arrangements are best suited only for alert, active persons; normally, none listed here are suitable for individuals that are bedridden. Here we will list some to the various living arrangements available to senior citizens. If you wish to learn what features each type facility generally provides (but you check them out!) click on Describe. If you wish to learn of facilities being offered by organizations supportive of our site, click on See Facilities Available. Board and Care Homes -- Describe or See Facilities Available Other names for these facilities: Adult Care Homes Adult Foster Care Homes Assisted Living Facilities Personal-Care Operations Residential Care Facilities Shelter Care Homes Independent Living Facilities Congregate Housing -- Describe or See Facilities Available Other names for these facilities: Sheltered Housing Enriched Housing Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC's) -- Describe or See Facilities Available Another name for these facilities: Life-Care Communities | Housing Options | Retirement Communities | Places to Retire | | Seniors-Site Homepage | Site Master | E-mail | Sponsor/Advertising Information | If you would like to become a sponsor or wish to advertise on Seniors-Site please contact us.

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