| It's not easy but the time will come when they have | | | | home facilities all in one, this way a person can move |
| to decide if your parent needs to have help with | | | | to the different areas when they become worse and |
| their daily activities. If your parents don't need full | | | | need to receive more care. Or a person from the |
| assistance you won't want to put them into a nursing | | | | independent living may be moved to assisted living |
| home. With an assisted living facility your parent or | | | | when they aren't able to do all things anymore. When |
| parents will be able to live a bit more independently | | | | these facilities are combined a person can take |
| but will get help with such things as eating, bathing, | | | | advantage of services such as meals that may be |
| laundry, dressing, and medication. | | | | prepared in a cafeteria. |
| These assisted living facilities also have medical care | | | | If you put your parent or parents into a facility you |
| centers in the same building. However it may only be | | | | will find that you have a choice of three types of |
| for the small problems and a regular doctor or | | | | contracts. They are extensive, fee for service, and |
| hospital may have to be visited for the larger | | | | modified. The three choices all include shelter, |
| problems. When you put your parent into the | | | | services, emergency care, and amenities. The |
| assisted living facility a plan will be made that will | | | | difference in the contracts will be the fees per |
| detail the specific things that your parent may need | | | | month. While if you choose the extensive contract it |
| help with. This will also ensure that your parent will | | | | will include long-term care, and no increase will be |
| receive the correct care that they need. Other | | | | notice in your monthly fees. While a modified |
| names may be used for assisted living facilities, like | | | | contract will cover only specific things, while fee for |
| residential care, supported care, board and care, adult | | | | service is as it sounds you will be charged for the |
| foster care, sheltered housing, and adult homes. | | | | different services that are used on your parent or |
| Don't think of assisted living as a nursing home | | | | parents. |
| because it is not. In a nursing home your parent will | | | | This is never an easy choice as your parents get |
| have a lot less freedom. A lot of people think that | | | | older to make but when you begin to notice that |
| assisted living is the same as a nursing home. | | | | your parent seems to be having more problems with |
| However nursing homes are used for people who | | | | some of the daily things they need to do you will |
| can't care for themselves or are too sick or frail to | | | | need to make that choice. At least with putting them |
| be in an assisted living facility. Where assisted living is | | | | in an assisted living facility you will give them sort of |
| used for a person who is more or less capable of | | | | freedom but still gives them the help they need. |
| taking care of them selves but may have problems in | | | | Some parents may be a bit argumentative when it |
| a few areas of taking care of themselves. | | | | comes to placing them in a facility but all you need to |
| Most of the time a facility may have not only | | | | do is be persistent and understanding and do what is |
| assisted living but also independent living and nursing | | | | correct and right for them. |