assisted living
noun
as·sis·ted living
ə-ˈsi-stəd- 
: 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
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No one suggested assisted living, or criticized your carbon footprint, which would disappear entirely in weeks, or even days.
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Allegra Goodman, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
Plans for the development roughly 40 miles northeast of downtown Dallas include more than 1,000 homes, schools, a mosque, assisted living, apartments, clinics, retail shops and sports fields on around 400 acres.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Lehman currently serves as the administrator at the Edencrest at Green Meadows assisted living center for people with dementia, located in Johnston.
—Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 5 Feb. 2026
It was developed as an alternative to large multi-unit assisted living facilities and skilled nursing homes.
—Helen Dennis, Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
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Allegra Goodman, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
Plans for the development roughly 40 miles northeast of downtown Dallas include more than 1,000 homes, schools, a mosque, assisted living, apartments, clinics, retail shops and sports fields on around 400 acres.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Lehman currently serves as the administrator at the Edencrest at Green Meadows assisted living center for people with dementia, located in Johnston.
—Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 5 Feb. 2026
It was developed as an alternative to large multi-unit assisted living facilities and skilled nursing homes.
—Helen Dennis, Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
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assisted living
noun
as·sist·ed living
ə-ˌsis-təd-
: 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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