independent living
Americannoun
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A few days later they were joined by an adult female that had spent 14 months at Wildwood Trust being rehabilitated and prepared for independent living.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Many cases of dementia are preceded by a period of mild cognitive impairment -- characterized by deficits in memory and cognitive skills that do not interfere with independent living, Geldsetzer said.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025
That worked for my grandmother, who transitioned from independent living to assisted living to a Medicaid bed in the nursing-care unit of her community in the 1990s.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
Co-creator Rodrigo Fuenzalida describes his fonts as independent, living beings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
I must go and seek out an independent living for myself, even yet, though I am fifty-two.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
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