A concern we frequently hear from family caregivers is that they don’t know how to tell if the changes they see in the person they care for are a normal part of aging or Alzheimer’s disease. Loved ones often rush to the conclusion that their family member has Alzheimer’s when they exhibit one of the behaviors … Continue reading Is this Alzheimer’s?
Is your senior parent moving to a long-term care community soon? Here are some tips to make the process go as smoothly as possible for both you and your parent. If your parent is moving from home… Moving from home to a long-term care community (also known as a skilled nursing facility) often involves a … Continue reading Moving Your Parent to Long-Term Care
Activities of daily living are the things people do every day, like eating, bathing or dressing. That’s the short answer. The long one includes answers to questions like why activities of daily living (ADLs) matter and how they can help you tell what level of care your parent needs. Here’s what you need to know … Continue reading What Are Activities of Daily Living?
After trying for years to help my dad stay at home, my wife and I have determined he’s not safe in his home and are moving him to a skilled nursing center with memory care. However, he doesn’t want to move from his home. How can we make the move easier on him? How can … Continue reading How to Help Dad Move to Memory Care
There’s a lot of talk about how to handle transitioning your loved one from home to assisted living—but what about from assisted living to long-term care? After all, it’s a fairly common transition that many seniors eventually face. As Paula Span writes in an article on assisted living for the New York Times, “however suitable assisted living … Continue reading Transitioning from Assisted Living to Long-Term Care
Exercise is vital at all ages. However, for seniors, it often comes with unique challenges. Those challenges can stand in the way of seniors maintaining a healthy level of physical fitness. But there is help available. Long-term care communities are designed to make it easy for seniors to safely engage in physical activities—here’s how. Fitness … Continue reading How Long-Term Care Can Help with Physical Fitness
When a senior loved one is hospitalized for an illness or injury or planning for an upcoming surgery, understanding Medicare will cover rehab to help with their recovery is important. Older adults and adult children may not have had any experience using their Medicare benefits beyond physician appointments and outpatient testing until now. This quick … Continue reading Making Sense of the Medicare Rehab Benefit
Many adult children with parents in a long-term care community worry that they aren’t visiting enough. It can be difficult to juggle all of your responsibilities: a career, friends, children of your own, community commitments, and more. We understand that you want to give your loved one as much attention as you can while they’re … Continue reading Visiting My Loved One in Long-Term Care
It is never easy for an adult child to know when it is time for their parent to move to an assisted living or long-term care community. It’s tough to know what to look for and how to evaluate your parent’s ability to live on their own. After all, you’re their child, not their doctor. … Continue reading How to Assess Your Parent’s ADL Ability – and Why It’s So Important
My aging father needs more help than I can provide for him. In my conversations with various continuing care retirement communities, I think that skilled nursing would probably be the best option. What do I need to do? Any advice would be helpful. Sincerely, Dora Dear Dora, You have provided a great service by caring … Continue reading Admission to a Senior Living Community
