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Non-Medical Public and Private Facilities > Residential Facilities > Assisted Living Facilities
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Facilities > Residential Facilities > Assisted Living Facilities

Preferred term

Assisted Living Facilities  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • A housing and health care alternative combining independence with personal care. It provides a combination of housing, personalized supportive services and health care designed to meet the needs, both scheduled and unscheduled, of those who need help with activities of daily living. (www.alfa.org)

History note

  • 2003

In other languages

  • palvelutalot

    Finnish

  • palveluasunnot
  • palveluasunto
  • palvelutalo
  • palvelutalossa asuminen
  • palvelutalotoiminta
  • tuettu asuminen
  • Stödboende

    Swedish

  • Assisterat boende

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D040561

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