11.   Medicare and Medicaid do not cover assisted living facilities, and few people have long-term care insurance that pays for such care.

12.   Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and even a state hospital are beginning to follow the Eden Alternative.

13.   Only two years ago, Joliet opened its first assisted living facility, the mid-step between home and a nursing home.

14.   Q. My mother lives in an assisted living facility, but she may soon be ready for a nursing home.

15.   Sandra Timmermann, director of the institute, predicted that demand for assisted living facilities would increase.

16.   Senior housing cooperatives in rural areas are an alternative to assisted living facilities and retirement homes, Nolan says.

17.   Some homes that market themselves as assisted living facilities are licensed as adult homes, but others are not.

18.   Ten years ago, assisted living facilities, which provide private apartments plus daily assistance, were barely known.

19.   The company also intends to get into assisted living facilities for seniors during the next few years.

20.   The most recent investments consist of medical office buildings, assisted living facilities and a construction loan for a new hospital in Austin, Texas.