A
retirement home is a multi-residence
housing facility intended for the elderly. The usual
pattern is that each person or couple in the home
has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms.
Additional facilities are provided within the
building. Often this includes facilities for meals,
gathering, recreation, and some form of health or
hospice care. The level of facilities in South
Carolina varies enormously. A place in a retirement
home can be paid for on a rental basis, like an
apartment, or can be bought in perpetuity on the
same basis as a condominium.
A South Carolina
retirement home differs from a nursing home
primarily in the level of medical care given.
Retirement villages and retirement communities,
unlike retirement homes, offer separate and
autonomous homes for residents.
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