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Assisted living (AL) is becoming an increasingly important component of the long-term care continuum. The continued trend is for a greater number of people to choose to reside in assisted living communities (ALC). There are over 36,000 licensed facilities and over 950,000 residents (Robert Mollica, personal communication, 2007).
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Haimowitz, D. (2011). Assisted Living and Residential Care. In: Fenstemacher, P., Winn, P. (eds) Long-Term Care Medicine. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-142-4_2
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