assisted living

[ uh-sis-tid liv-ing ]

noun

1. housing or living arrangements for elderly, infirm, or disabled people, in which housekeeping, meals, medical care, and other assistance is available to residents as needed (often used attributively): Medicare does not cover the costs of assisting-living facilities.

   My grandma is moving to assisting living.

   Medicare does not cover the costs of assisting-living facilities.

assisted living

/ əˈsɪstɪd /

noun

1. 1. a living environment for elderly people, in which personal and medical care are supplied
   2. ( as modifier )

      private assisted-living apartments

Word History and Origins

Origin of assisted living¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Many Filipinos work in the health care sector or in other essential, high-risk employment, like in assisted living facilities.

From Voice of San Diego

Included in the piece were two operators of assisted living facilities who fit medical professionals into the budget.

From Voice of San Diego

In the last four decades, demand for assisted living has soared.

From ProPublica

Nights were spent caring for the elderly at an assisted living home in southern Maine.

From ProPublica

Over time, though, the assisted living facilities have accepted frailer residents.

From Voice of San Diego

Behind the assisted living home is a lot where the soccer field used to be.

From The Daily Beast

In 2013, an elderly woman collapsed at an assisted living facility in Bakersfield, California, and a nurse called 911.

From The Daily Beast

Moments later he did so again at an assisted living facility named for the Hebrew word “peace.”

From The Daily Beast

A label that will bar him from any job that involves children, and from any “assisted living” home for an adult such as himself.

From The Daily Beast

On Dec. 23, six days shy of the 20th anniversary of her release, Harris died at an assisted-living facility in New Haven, Conn.

From The Daily Beast