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Is It The Right Time For Assisted Living?
As the time moves, we grow older and so are our parents. You might notice your mom or
dad facing difficulty handling their daily basic activities. They tend to forget having meals on time, skip their medications, preparing meal for themselves is becoming a trouble. All these things make you think has the time come when they are ready for assisted living? While they struggle keeping their life on track, you still thinking and confused if can leave them on their own or find a solution.
You need to find out first what kind of assistance they might need. In case they are able to manage self easily without any hassles and the trouble part is keeping the house clean and up to the mark, then independent living at retirement homes is just the right option for them. In such type of program, they are able to manage their personal work and things like preparing food, taking care of home and maintaining security is done by the staff. The age group differs with each type of such community and at the same moment, they are given advantage of friendship and companionship. They don't need intensive help with their activities but kind of little help from staff or their friends around in daily activities. They are designed so that their independence is not compromised. Besides all this, these communities ensure that they always feel like home.
But sometimes seniors need more and need a helping hand to get their jobs done. We call it, Assisted Living. Here they live in an arranged residential society or community and get support to complete their tasks which they find it hard to finish. They receive assistance when they need or already specified.
They feel this whole experience even more satisfying if assisted living is arranged in their own home or community. It gives them a feeling of more independence while they get support in their personal tasks like taking bath, toileting, medication. They get to travel nearby or see a doctor by community provided transport. They should not worry about the food since they have common kitchen and centralized dinning hall for it. Meal is provided 3 times, it is either served at the facility or arranged at the neighborhood dinning hall. It is ensured that they get proper fresh food with all necessary nutrition and not just micro-waved frozen food.
Apart from all this, there are varieties of small activities which keep elders busy and if at any point of time they need help, community staff is available round the clock. With someone around you like this which makes you feel socially connected, it makes both children and their elderly living parents feel great. You feel good seeing your parents living their senior life happily.
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