A friend of mine started a blog to deal with the issues she comes across while helping and trying to find resources for her elderly uncle. I decided that was a good idea so I am starting this to chronicle getting my mother into a better living situation and a senior citizen.
She is finally realizing that she it isn't safe for her to live alone in her house so she has agreed to let me help her look into assisted living, retirement homes, and retirement communities. I am going to try to describe the issues and successes we had had trying to find her services and a better place to live. She is right on the edge of needing assisted living, but a good senior housing or retirement living situation may work. She doesn't need a nursing home, I hope we don;t ever have to go that route.
We decided to break the options into groups: assisted living, senior housing, retirement homes/communities, and address the pro and cons for each including type of care, services, community, activities, medical care, cost, etc., and then decide which was best for her.
I'll list the what we came up with for each type in future posts.
-JW
Monday, January 26, 2009
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