On 2 June 2010 11:48, Roy Wallace <waldo000...@gmail.com> wrote: > > amenity=assisted_living, because (if?) in all cases you are describing > a place where people *live* with *assistance*.
I like assisted_living as well. Be aware, though, that it is starting to be used as a marketing term for those places which are not nursing homes, but rather a collection of small houses or apartments, which supply gardening services, maybe a central hall, canteen/restaurant etc, and usually with a minimum age limit. We would have to make sure we cover them as well if we use this term, or we're just going to create confusion. > amenity=assisted_living + assisted_living=orphanage, OR > amenity=assisted_living + residents=children. Hmm - not all homes for children are for orphans. There is a home near me that is for children/youth with very heavy caring needs, that cannot be handled by their families. Some of the residents stay there all the time, some come for visits when their carers are unavailable (ill, away, or just need a break). If you want to differentiate between one of these and an orphanage, residents=children won't do it. I don't know if we do need to tell the difference, however. Stephen _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
