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    Tips for Choosing An Assisted Living Facility

    Choosing between an assisted living facility and a nursing home can be a difficult task. Understanding the difference between the two services could make your very important decision much easier.
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    Stepping Stones in Care Needs: Assisted Living Combines Help and Social Life

    by Carol Bradley Bursack, Editor-in-Chief

    Assisted living centers are attractive to many people who are isolated in older homes, with neighbors they no longer know and yards that are too much work. Not everyone wants to make this move, but many do it anyway, if only because they must have help at hand for emergencies. Often, once a period of adjustment has been endured, elders thrive in these communities.

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