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The Georgia state Senate on Monday has unanimously passed a bill the would make it easier for elderly Georgians to stay in assisted living facilities as their health declines. The current law had no official "assisted living" designation, and such facilities were licensed as personal care homes.

For this reason, residents of these facilities were required to be able to take their own medications and be mobile enough to get around in the case of an emergency. The Senate Bill 178 will now allow facilities with 25 beds or more to use medication aides and keep residents who need more assistance getting around, as long as there is an adequate staff to assist residents during an emergency. Supporters of the bill say it will prevent Georgians from being forced into nursing homes against their wishes.

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There are assisted living and retirement homes. What people don't know is that there is a big difference between the two of them. Retirement homes are simply places that provide shelter for those who are retired at a steady, reasonable price. Retirement assisted living homes are simply a high quality facility that helps people who cannot perform tasks themselves.

Some of these tasks may involve cooking, cleaning, doing some simple entertainment, and other things. The costs are also different. Retirement homes provide facilities and minimum staff-therefore they are generally cheaper to get into than assisted living homes. Assisted living homes are harder to get into because they are more expensive. This is due to the fact that they have more trained staff and better facilities directed at assisting retired people to live on.

Often individuals will know the term Assisted living as a term used to refer to homes for the elderly. Although this is true, it can also be a common term used to refer to homes for the mentally ill. Individuals who suffer from mental illnesses can often be placed in a mental institute. This however depends on how ill and how capable an individual is. There are also assisted living services for individuals with mental illnesses.

Individuals for example, who have suffered from a mental illness due to participating in the war, or from a genetic illness like Alzheimer's disease. These services such as 24 hour care services

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enable individuals to feel empowered and to be able to continue living in their home.