| parents and grandparents grow older, you may | | | | easier to avoid those who are sick. When living in a |
| become concerned about their safety at home. | | | | place with many people, such as an assisted living |
| Placing them in an assisted living facility is often | | | | facility, one person's illness spreads like wildfire. At |
| considered as an option. However, homecare is an | | | | home it is also possible to request that sick people |
| alternative that has many benefits. | | | | visit only after they are fully recovered. |
| 1. Seniors who live at home feel more independent | | | | 5. With home care, the elderly do not have to deal |
| than those who live in retirement homes. This sense | | | | with the emotional stress of adding multiple new |
| of independence is important because it helps the | | | | elements into their lives. They will not have to adapt |
| elderly maintain their dignity, which is something they | | | | to a new routine in a new place, surrounded by new |
| often fear losing. The freedom of living at home | | | | people. |
| allows seniors to come and go whenever they | | | | 6. Many seniors have already paid off their mortgage, |
| please; and meal times are also their choice. | | | | which helps lessen the costs of home care. |
| 2. Elderly individuals do not have to part with any of | | | | Furthermore, assisted living facilities tend to be very |
| their beloved possessions if they continue to live at | | | | pricey. |
| home. Having the things they love physically close at | | | | 7. As a final point, those who live at home are often |
| hand can help keep stress levels to a minimum, as | | | | happier than they would be living at a retirement |
| those possessions are tied to invaluable memories. | | | | home. The familiarity and comforts of home are |
| Seniors can also keep their pets when living at home, | | | | irreplaceable. |
| and caring for an animal has been scientifically proven | | | | In most situations, homecare is the perfect |
| to have positive health benefits. | | | | alternative to an assisted living facility. Products, such |
| 3. Visiting hours are not restricted at home, so | | | | as video security systems, and services, such as |
| friends and family can visit on a time schedule that | | | | home delivered meals, make homecare a viable, |
| works for them. This lack of restriction often leads | | | | affordable option. If it is your elderly family member's |
| to more frequent visits, which helps seniors stay | | | | desire to remain living at home, it is now easier than |
| connected to their families. | | | | ever before to honor that wish. |
| 4. Living at home has physical health benefits, as it is | | | | |