assisted living

noun

as·​sis·​ted living ə-ˈsi-stəd- How to pronounce assisted living (audio)
: a system of housing and limited care that is designed for senior citizens who need some assistance with daily activities but do not require care in a nursing home
often hyphenated when used attributively
an assisted-living facility

Examples of assisted living in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Those low substantiation rates are part of what allowed Manuel Corral, formerly a caregiver at Heritage Village assisted living center in Mesa, to work at facility after facility over several years even as he was repeatedly accused of abusing residents. Sahana Jayaraman, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024 Ashland Farm is one of 65 Benchmark communities throughout the Northeast providing both assisted living for those who need it as well as a specialized, award-winning memory care program for those with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other memory impairments. Ashland Farm At North Andover, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024 The senior living community features two-story, Mediterranean-style architecture with 101 studio, one- and two-bedroom private apartment homes for independent and assisted living along with five single-story duplex casitas with two bedrooms per unit. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024 Of Missouri’s over a thousand nursing homes, assisted living facilities and long-term care facilities, approximately one in seven received a one star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024 Hospitals aren't the only places vulnerable people gather, so Murphy suggests mask mandates could be extended to long-term care facilities and assisted living spaces. TIME, 29 Jan. 2024 The college has selected dozens of clinical sites for its Wisconsin programs across a mixture of hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and schools. Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024 Kay Houghton & Associates Real Estate’s Kay Houghton, who often works with seniors relocating to their retirement homes, told Travel + Leisure about the many affordable 55-and-over and assisted living communities. Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2023 In some states, regulations may call facilities something other than assisted living; some facilities may house younger adults as well as seniors. Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of assisted living was in 1966

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“Assisted living.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assisted%20living. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

assisted living

noun
as·​sist·​ed living ə-ˌsis-təd- How to pronounce assisted living (audio)
: a system of housing and limited care that is designed for senior citizens who need some assistance with day-to-day activities but are not sufficiently incapacitated to require care in a nursing home and that usually includes private quarters, meals, personal assistance, housekeeping aid, monitoring of medications, and nurses' visits
an assisted living facility
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