When you're starting to approach the age or stage in which you're enticed by the idea of living in a retirement community, it's ideal to begin the process by visiting several facilities in your community. These visits can give you an opportunity to speak with staff and residents, enjoy a meal in the dining room and tour the inside and outside of the home. While you'll
- If you have an aging loved one, you may have started to notice that he or she needs a bit more assistance with everyday needs. This may be help around the home, help with hygiene tasks, or assistance with medical care. When it reaches this point, it may be time to explore other living options to make sure that all needs are met. An assisted living community is worth l
- Whether it's a move to a smaller home, apartment or an assisted living facility, your elderly parents will rely on you to help make the move a success. Your parents may be leaving a home where they've lived for many years, and it's only natural for them to feel sad and anxious about the move, even when they agree that their space has become too large for them. For tip
- So your loved relative hardly seems to recognize you anymore and is apparently suffering from memory loss. Does that mean that she must be carted off to a sanitarium and left to wither away in the land of unknown? By all indications, people operating memory home communities think otherwise. They refer to memory loss seniors as memory care residents. It puts an elegant
- Moving into an assisted living facility or retirement home is not something most people look forward to. Unfortunately, many seniors will eventually have to face that decision, or their families will have to make that difficult decision for them. What can make that decision even more difficult is having to leave behind a beloved pet. It can be heartbreaking to leave a