[The most recent of these studies, published in The Journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes ( ' , known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes).

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The findings of the latest research were similar to an earlier multi-state study of assisted living.

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The author thinks her friend made a rational decision in choosing a more hospitable place over an apparently elegant assisted living home.

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It is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home.

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In a multi-state study of assisted living , for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether a chain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality.

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Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype ( ' , 固定 看法 )? Can doing one's homework really steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.

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At first the researchers of the most recent study found residents in assisted living facilities gave higher scores on social interaction.

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An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no less depressed in assisted -86 living ( ' , even if her children preferred it) than in a nursing home.

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A reasonable assumption—don't families struggle to avoid nursing homes and suffer real guilt if they can't? In the initial results, assisted living residents did paint the most positive picture.

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A friend recently took her mother to visit an expensive assisted living / nursing home near my town.

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Along with this effort, we're working with animal advocates and state and federal lawmakers to strengthen anti-cruelty laws across the country, as well as supporting laws and policies that assist overburdened animal shelters that care for animal fighting

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

Assist the city government in reforming schools.

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Engineers, scientists and agriculturalists have the knowledge, tools and systems that will assist in achieving productivity increases.

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From self-service checkout lines at supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal bodies in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.

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If you're able to come this afternoon, you can give your name to the sales manager and they will be able to assist you.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

A nurse who understands the healing (治愈) value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

He assists her in cooking matters.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

The athletic department is looking for students to help assist staff during the fall 2016, winter 2016-17 and spring 2017 semesters.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The company's "Oshbot" robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product's location in the store.

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