[DOC] [TLE] residents in seniors housing and care communities - ALFA [PAR] American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA). ... these needs, including 
independent living (IL) and assisted living (AL) ... 1 Nursing homes and 
continuing care retirement communities  which include ... quality is high and 
quite reliable, and the survey contains a wealth of ...... don't change. ..... It's the 
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ALFA is the trade association for owners/operators of senior care communities. ... 
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spokesman for the American Health Care Association: If someone asks ... such 
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Living Facilities Association (MASS ALFA): ... The Housing Unit can also provide 
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and what type of building it would be consisdered if it's in a residential area. ... I 
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Types of independent living facilities and retirement homes ... offer a spectrum of 
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but we [patients] are not medical people and we don't know the terminology that [
the ... to help primary care clinicians address health system problems (Martin et al
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to ... Haired Legislature, a group devoted to addressing the needs of our elderly, 
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Question: It's the AL in ALFA, an association of communities for seniors who don't quite need nursing homes
Answer: assisted living