Assisted living facilities.

One of the topics that are discussed in families with older adults, and that constitute a real dilemma, is whether to place the elderly in a Home or not.

It is true that the best place for a relative of ours who is 80 years old or older, with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, or with comorbidities such as Diabetes Mellitus, for example, is with their family, which can provide the emotional, emotional and economic support that they need. needs. However, in most cases, this does not happen because these relatives work and cannot take care of them, constituting a burden and a problem for society because the behavior of the elderly when it deviates from the normal, such as running away, causes a fire at home, accident, fall or other foreseeable accident that can only be prevented with the jealous care of personnel trained for this purpose who can be found in Assisted living facilities or homes services, in adult Daycare or in help services. In the home. In the previous post we talked about the figure of the Medicaid Alliance as a mediating institution to provide our family member with the long term care benefit.

One of the services provided to older adults through long term care are ALFs, which are residential facilities designed for seniors who need help with daily activities such as eating, dressing, or bathing, but who can still live independently. They offer personalized support services and medical care according to the individual needs of each resident.

These places offer food services, laundry, cleaning, personal care, bathing, recreational and social activities, medical services by having a primary doctor, specialists in Psychiatry, Dermatology, Physical Therapy, Podiatry, among others.

As a service worker who has been in one of these facilities, I can assure you that your family member can lead a normal and satisfactory life in these places depending on the quality and competence of the caregivers, who must have their in services updated annually, compliance with the rules and regulations in force for this type of institutions and the management of the functions of these facilities, such as, for example, the administration of medications, cleaning and feeding, fire emergency plans, health controls, among others.

Advice. If you are looking for a facility, you must investigate and do your own search, for the place that best suits the needs of your family member, look for references of people who have this service, of suppliers, visit the places, do an interview with the owner or administrator , with the caregivers and with the residents who are the beneficiaries of these services and can better guide you in your search.

 You can also access information about the prices of these facilities and for this I invite you to visit the following link

https://www.ncoa.org/adviser/local-care/assisted-living/costs/

In my next post I will talk about 41K