<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>sent from a phone</div><div><br>Il giorno 01 lug 2016, alle ore 19:02, Tom Pfeifer <<a href="mailto:t.pfeifer@computer.org">t.pfeifer@computer.org</a>> ha scritto:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span>As it is not a nursing home, there is no constant nursing. So a nurse might be</span><br><span>available on request, or there might be age-specific animation, so it is either</span><br><span>"assisted living" or a "group home", depending on the level of assistance and structure.</span></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div>AFAIK assisted living is a more specific term then it might seem at first sight, a kind of residence within apartments and assistance on demand, as opposed to a retirement home with less privacy and more institutional character, but the term is also more generic in its meaning I guess.</div><div><br></div><div>Wikipedia also seems to confirm that this is a specific service (although I don't buy the "too young for a retirement home" part): </div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Assisted living as it exists today emerged in the 1990s as an <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldercare" class="mw-redirect" title="Eldercare" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none;">eldercare</a> alternative on the continuum of care for people, for whom <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_living" title="Independent living" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none;">independent living</a> is not appropriate but who do not need the 24-hour medical care provided by a nursing home and are too young to live in a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_home" title="Retirement home" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none;">retirement home</a>. Assisted living is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity."</span></div></body></html>