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in making the right legislation to keep SENIORS IN THEIR OWN

 HOMES

___	Seniors who become too frail to take care of themselves usually go into a nursing home.
___	Most people who go to a nursing home will remain there until they die.
___	Medicare coverage does not include nursing home care.
___	Medicare pays for nursing home care when you’ve been discharged from the hospital and still need medical care.
___	A Skilled Nursing Facility provides many services that nursing  homes do not provide.
___	A good way to find the right kind of senior housing is to check  with an organization that does accreditation, and provides  descriptions and ratings of its approved facilities.
___	A board and care home offers seniors room and board, and  medical  care as needed.
___	A typical board and care home provides care for 6 residents in a converted single-family home.
___	Assisted living facilities, board and care homes, and nursing homes are regulated by state or federal government licensing boards.
___	All assisted living facilities offer about the same kinds of services        for senior housing.
___	“Assisted living” includes services of doctors and nurses, for seniors        with chronic medical problems.
___	“Independent living” refers to the senior staying where they have lived for years: in the home they have owned or the apartment they  have rented.
___	”Independent living” refers to a large building where seniors have        their own rooms or apartments but share meals in a community  dining area.
___	A Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) is for seniors  who are expected to require more care as they get older because they already have some degree of frailty or medical problems.
___	Elders who can stay in their own home because they have family  to help them or have money to hire caregivers, do not need long-term care insurance, as that type of insurance is for nursing home care.

The answer to all of these questions is “False.” Many people answer “True” to some of these, even after doing some reading about senior housing. Reasons
for the confusion and getting a start in the right direction are covered
in the first article, Choosing Senior Housing and Residential Care.
The other articles describe the major housing types and payment options
. By reading the article descriptions you’ll begin to see why the quiz
 statements are all false.

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