American Seniors Housing Association.

                                IN BRIEF
                     Percentage of assisted living
                   residents needing help with ADLs:
                               1998/1999
           ALFA 99  NCAL 98  NIC 98
Eating       16%      13%      7%
Toileting    29%      27%     14%
Dressing     48%      47%     24%
Bathing      66%      68%     63%
Note: Table made from bar graph

ALFA=Assisted Living as·sist·ed living
n.
A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. Federation of America; NCAL NCAL Northern California
NCAL National Center on Adult Literacy
NCAL National Center for Assisted Living =National Center for Assisted Living; NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC.

(2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. =National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industries

Source: Seniors Housing Statistical Digest Digest: see Corpus Juris Civilis.

(1) A compilation of all the traffic on a news group or mailing list. Digests can be daily or weekly.

(2) Any compilation or summary. , 2000-2001, American Seniors Housing Association

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