What's the difference between an apartment for the elderly and a nursing home?

First, the apartment for the elderly is designed for the elderly to live in concentration, which conforms to the physical and mental characteristics of the elderly; Nursing home is a social welfare institution for the elderly, also known as nursing home. Second, the apartments for the elderly have catering, health, cultural entertainment, medical care and other service systems, which are comprehensive management housing types; As one of the social ways of providing for the aged, the nursing home meets the needs of the elderly for life care, nursing rehabilitation and spiritual care because of its specialization and humanistic culture.

Apartment for the elderly is a house specially designed and built by the government and society for the elderly who lack the care of their children and relatives. This kind of apartment not only embodies the home-based care for the elderly, but also enjoys various services provided by the society, which belongs to the category of institutional care for the elderly.

Nursing homes mainly accept five-guarantee elderly people, and conditional nursing homes also accept self-funded elderly people who enjoy pension benefits. Adhere to the principle of voluntary admission and free discharge. In many areas, glorious homes have also been established for the elderly who enjoy special care, and those who meet the conditions can be hospitalized.

The price of apartments for the elderly can be higher than that of nursing homes. However, compared with apartments for the elderly, their services are more comprehensive, and there are generally catering, health, cultural entertainment, medical care and other service systems. Nursing homes are generally located in rural areas, providing some elderly people with three noes or five guarantees, and they need to wait in line.