With the growing need for assisted living and nursing home accommodations, families often are puzzled when it comes to making a choice.  They hear horror stores, as well as pleasing ones about treatment residents have received. 
I was fortunate that all my family members, and my husband’s parents, who needed either assisted living or nursing home care, received good treatment.  There were minor complaints…such as one person finding fault with the food and desiring to help the chef cook.  But she admitted she couldn’t taste food like she once did, whether at the assisted living, in restaurants, or when still in …read more

Choosing a nursing or assisted living home for a loved one, with or without Alzheimer’s disease, can be a traumatic and difficult decision.  However, it’s likely someone in everyone’s family will need the services of one of these for short term recovery or permanent living.
I was involved with choosing a nursing home for my mom when her Alzheimer’s advanced to a degree where I couldn’t care for her at home.  I also have helped with an aunt, uncle, mother-in-law and father-in-law.
Here are a few tips I discovered useful:
*Start looking for a nursing home before you actually need it. 
*Check with others for recommendations, such …read more

When do you decide that someone with Alzheimer’s or other infirmity shouldn’t live alone?  Some don’t mind at all moving in with children or going to assisted living.  However, the majority of people, as they grow older and can’t do everything themselves, resist moving from their home and becoming dependent upon family members or others.
This isn’t an easy decision.  Most of the time there isn’t a convenient answer.  Families usually aren’t set up to care for someone in their home.  Perhaps both work outside the home.  There may be children to consider.  And the increasingly dependent person wants to remain in …read more