If you have a loved one who is starting to need a lot more help with everyday care, you may be thinking about getting professional help for these needs. It takes a lot of time and effort for loved ones to assist with care needs. In some cases, it can be too much work, and it may be time to look at professional resources. There are many care options to consider.
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As a person starts to reach an advanced age, they may find that living alone in their home may not be the safest option. However, these individuals may want to be able to maintain as ch of their freedom and quality of life as possible. For these patients, assisted living communities can be an effective solution to balancing these competing needs.
Medical Care Will Be Easily Available For Emergencies And Routine Monitoring Or Treatments
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Even though many senior citizens will love living in a nursing home once they get there, it may take a bit of work to make this change a reality. Many people are resistant to change, and if your elderly parent has been living in the same house for years or even decades, it can take some convincing on your part to show that it's time to move into a nursing home — and this can even be the case if your parent honestly knows that it's time, but is still resistant to the move.
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Who would think that the loss of hearing and memory are in some way related? Although either can occur as a person ages, studies suggest a link between hearing loss and dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. One study found that the worse a person's hearing loss, the higher the risk that he or she may eventually develop dementia. Consequently, researchers speculate that identifying a hearing loss early on and treating it may prevent or at least delay the onset of dementia.
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Helping your elderly parent to move into an assisted living home will provide him or her with a wealth of benefits, including making new friends and no longer having to toil over the arduous elements of home ownership. Ideally, your parent will settle into his or her new accommodations quickly, but there's always a chance that sleeping may pose a challenge — especially if your parent has difficult sleeping at the best of times.
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