Assisted Living Facility in Florida

An assisted living facility (ALF) is designed to provide personal care services in the least restrictive and most home-like environment. These facilities can range in size from one resident to several hundred and may offer a wide variety of personal and nursing...

Residential Care/Assisted Living Compendium: Florida

The state views assisted living facilities (ALFs) as an important part of the continuum of its long-term care system, to be operated and regulated as residential environments with supportive services and not as medical or nursing facilities. The Bureau of Health...

FALA: Differences Between Long-term Care Facilities

The term “nursing home” is often used as a catch-all for the different types of long-term care facilities. Although they are sometimes referred to interchangeably, assisted living facilities, nursing homes and other community residential homes provide a variety of...