Maryland Health Care Commission

Consumer Guide to Long Term Care

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Alternate Living

• Alternate Living Options: A basic summary of alternate living options and an introduction to available resources.


• Assisted Living: Residences that provide a home and support services to meet the needs of residents who are unable to perform, or who need help in performing, activities of daily living.


• Continuing Care Communities: communities offering a secure and protected environment for seniors, with access to medical and nursing services, should the need arise.


• Congregate Housing: A program that provides housing, some meals, and housekeeping services.


• Nursing Home & Rehabilitation: Provides services for individuals needing 24 hour nursing care or assistance or rehabilitation after a hospital stay or illness.


• Hospice: Provides supportive care to people diagnosed with a terminal illness with a focus on comfort and quality of life.


• Project Home: A program based on an Adult Foster Family Model of Care that provides a family-like living arrangement in the community for individuals with disabilities, 18 years of age and above with mental illness, developmental or physical disabilities, or elderly individuals that need assistance.

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• Read why nursing home staff influenza vaccination rates are important.
• 2012 Maryland Nursing Home Facility Family Satisfaction Survey (pdf)

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