| is a question that no one ever really wants to have | | | | can be housing developments or apartment |
| to think about, but unfortunately, almost everyone | | | | complexes, and often the independent living and |
| will be put in a position where they have to choose | | | | assisted care buildings are located within close |
| at least some facet of continuing care for | | | | proximity on the same grounds. This allows the easy |
| themselves or one of their loved ones. | | | | transfer of residents from one area to another |
| People sometimes confuse continuing care with | | | | should their level of care change while they are |
| sticking one of their loved ones away in some cold, | | | | residing there. |
| dank, understaffed institutional nursing home, but the | | | | These residences can be single family homes or one, |
| types of continuing care available today are much | | | | two or three bedroom apartments. There are truly |
| better and much more diverse than they used to be. | | | | accommodations for every type of situation. These |
| Many nursing homes and assisted and independent | | | | communities offer very flexible levels of care, so if |
| living communities offer nicer living conditions than | | | | and when a resident needs change for the better or |
| some new residents are used to and there are | | | | worse, there can be a seamless transition into the |
| continuing care options that will take place right in the | | | | type of care that they are currently in need of. |
| person’s current residence. If you or | | | | Full Care Communities/Nursing Homes |
| someone you love is in need of assisted care | | | | The nursing home atmosphere of care is often like |
| – then there is surely a comfortable option | | | | that of a hospital or rehab center, with private or |
| available for your situation. | | | | semi-private rooms with a communal hallway linking |
| Current Residence Care | | | | them to each other and areas where staff members |
| Elderly persons who would most likely have a difficult | | | | are stationed. Many nursing homes have a good bit |
| time adjusting to a new environment may benefit | | | | of medical equipment for treatment on hand as well |
| most from remaining in their own home and receiving | | | | as full time registered nurses and some doctors on |
| regular visits from a continuing care assistant. A | | | | staff. Though major medical procedures often |
| predetermined number of visits per week from a | | | | aren’t conducted on site, some treatments |
| qualified continuing care assistant can help with a | | | | that it would be difficult to provide in an outside |
| variety of things that family members are simply | | | | assisted living community can be taken care of right |
| incapable of handling, and the time that the aide is in | | | | on nursing home grounds. |
| the residence with the patient will allow the family | | | | Staff members are on site twenty-four hours a day |
| members who are providing the rest of the care to | | | | seven days a week to care for the many residents |
| get out of the home and take care of necessary | | | | who require almost constant care and assistance with |
| things like shopping and errands without the worry of | | | | even some of life’s most basic tasks. |
| leaving the patient unattended. | | | | Even though some nursing homes offer top notch |
| This type of situation is good for someone who is in | | | | staffs and wonderful accommodations, nursing homes |
| need of some minor assistance and some limited | | | | are often reserved for a last resort when there are |
| medical treatment, but would feel comfortable | | | | no other viable options for the level of care that |
| receiving it without having to uproot or disturb their | | | | someone will need to continue on. |
| current living situation. | | | | The type of assisted living environment that is right |
| Independent Living and Assisted Care Communities | | | | for someone is entirely dependent on what type of |
| These communities are the next best thing to having | | | | care that they need as well as what they are |
| the care provided in your own home; in fact the | | | | physically and mentally prepared to deal with. |
| difference between the type of lifestyle in an | | | | Regardless of situation or level of care needed |
| independent living community and entirely living on | | | | though, there is a comfortable solution for every |
| ones own is negligible. These types of communities | | | | situation. |