Editing Retirement home (section)

{{Short description|Housing facility for the elderly persons}}
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[[File:RetirementHome.JPG|thumb|upright=0.8|Retirement home in [[Israel]]]]
[[File:Koljonvirran vanhainkoti (1924).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Koljonvirta retirement home in [[Iisalmi]], [[Finland]]]]
[[File:北京城外寶藏寺老太監退院之居.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|A temple for retired eunuchs in Beijing. Circa 1879.]]
[[File:Zámek, Jesenec, okres Prostějov.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Jesenec]] Castle, a retirement home in the [[Czech Republic]]]]
A '''retirement home''' – sometimes called an '''old people's home,'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/old-people-s-home?q=old+people%27s+home |title=old people's home - Definition and pronunciation &#124; Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com |publisher=Oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com |access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref> '''old folks' home''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Old folks' home definition and meaning {{!}} Collins English Dictionary |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/old-folks-home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517220747/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/old-folks-home |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |access-date=August 11, 2023 |website=Collins English Dictionary |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers}}</ref> or '''old age home''', although ''old people's home'' can also refer to a [[nursing home]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/old-people-s-home |title=old people's home – Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online |publisher=Ldoceonline.com |access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref> – or rest home, is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly. Typically, each person or couple in the home has an [[apartment]]-style room or suite of rooms with an en-suite [[bathroom]]. Additional facilities are provided within the building. This can include facilities for meals, gatherings, recreation activities, and some form of [[health care|health]] or [[hospital care]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=What Is Nursing Home Quality and How Is It Measured?|journal=The Gerontologist|volume=50|issue=4|pages=426–442|pmc=2915498|year=2010|last1=Castle|first1=N. G.|last2=Ferguson|first2=J. C.|doi=10.1093/geront/gnq052|pmid=20631035}}</ref> A place in a retirement home can be paid for on a [[renting|rental]] basis, like an apartment, or can be bought in perpetuity on the same basis as a [[condominium (housing)|condominium]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.seniors.gov.on.ca/en/retirement_homes/ | title=What is a Retirement Home? | access-date=9 February 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032259/http://www.seniors.gov.on.ca/en/retirement_homes/ | archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>

A retirement home differs from a [[nursing home]] primarily in the level of medical care given. [[Retirement community|Retirement communities]], unlike retirement homes, offer separate and autonomous homes for residents.

Retirement homes offer meal-making and some personal care services.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is a Retirement Community? {{!}} ARCO|url=https://www.arcouk.org/what-retirement-community|website=www.arcouk.org|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> [[Assisted living|Assisted living facilities]], memory care facilities and nursing homes can all be referred to as retirement homes. The cost of living in a retirement home varies from $25,000 to $100,000 per year, although it can exceed this range, according to Senior Living Near Me's senior housing guide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How To Find Affordable Elderly Housing Near You|url=https://senior-living-near-me.com/affordable-senior-housing-guides-reviews/|website=Senior Living Near Me|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, there were about 750,000 places across 25,000 retirement housing schemes in 2021 with a forecast that numbers would grow by nearly 10% over the next five years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Retirement housing to grow 10% over next five years, property consultant predicts |url=https://www.homecareinsight.co.uk/retirement-housing-to-grow-10-over-next-five-years-property-consultant-predicts/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Home Care Insight |date=3 August 2021}}</ref>