Answering Questions About Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Centers

If your parent is getting older, they may not be able to live alone. This may be dangerous for them, or they may become depressed and lonely. One thing you can do is hire assisted living. Below are some services this can provide for your parent, as well as the benefits of doing this.  

Assisted Living

Your parent can move to an assisted living community so they can be around other people their same age. There will be professionals in the assisted living community to help your parent. For example, there will be health aide employees that can help your parent with daily living. This may include helping them get dressed. If your parent is not able, the aide can help feed them, bathe them, brush their teeth, and use the bathroom. 

Their medication will be monitored to ensure your parent takes their medication properly. The facility will also offer housekeeping, transportation services, laundry service, and offer them their meals. There will be staff on hand 24 hours a day and seven days per week to ensure your parent stays safe. Your parent will be able to bring their own furnishings with them so they will feel more at home. This may include furniture, decorative items, etc.

Benefits of Assisted Living

You will find there are many benefits to choosing assisted living for your parent. It can increase their quality of life. If your parent has no close family members, they may have spent a lot of their time alone. With assisted living, your parent will be around other people regularly. 

Assisted living also offers a variety of entertainment to help your parent. This may be creating a beautiful flower garden and taking care of the flowers. Your parent may enjoy vegetable gardening. If so, they will be given an area to set up a vegetable garden and then spend time taking care of the vegetables. The facility may offer a movie night, have a book club, and have an art area where your parent can do art projects. 

If your parent gets to the point where they cannot take care of themself, such as if they have dementia, having someone with them regularly is even more important. This can also benefit you as well as you will feel much less stress knowing your parent is being taken care of. 

Visit a few assisted living communities with your parent to learn more.