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What Are ADL’s?
Activities of Daily Living – Everyday routines generally involving functional mobility and personal care, such as bathing, personal hygiene, dressing, toileting, meal preparation, eating, and mobility. When there is a deficit in the ability to fully perform these tasks, assistance is needed. Caregivers are trained to help residents to accomplish these tasks in order to have the best possible quality of life. For more information about how the A Caring Heart referral service works, Contact Us.
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What Are Adult Family Homes?
Adult Family Homes are small communities with no more than six residents who live in a house that provides for their needs much like an assisted living facility. However the ratio of caregivers to residents is usually higher and can provide for residents whose needs are greater.
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What Are Memory Care Facilities?
These are boarding home facilities that have staff that is trained to work with people who have such diseases as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and memory loss as a result of such impairments as strokes. A high level of both physical and mental care is usually available in these communities.
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How Do I Know When It Is Time To Move Into Assisted Living?
When there is concern that it is no longer safe to stay at home or in your apartment alone. This could be related to health, physical, emotional, or social factors. A few examples of behaviors that might indicate you are at risk include: weight loss falling depression forgetfulness confusion wandering
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What Is Assisted Living?
Assisted Living Communities provides a social environment with medical and safety monitoring. It includes support services plus a staff that is specially trained to provide personal care and intermittent nursing services including medication management. This care is outlined in the resident’s care plan, documented by the staff at the facility, and supervised by a nurse.
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What Is A Retirement Apartment?
Retirement apartments provide senior housing plus supportive services such as meals, shopping, activities, and laundry. They do not provide personal care services, such as medication management or bathing and dressing.
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Caring For Aging Skin25 Feb 2016
You may notice the following changes as your skin ages. It becomes thinner and loses fat, looking less smooth than it used to. Veins and bones become more prominent through the skin. Scratches, cuts and […]
Short Term Options2 Feb 2016
Many seniors who are looking for senior housing don’t know about short term stay options that are available at many senior living communities. There are a few different reasons you or your loved one might […]