Traditionally, an adult daycare center is a non-medical, non-residential center supporting adults’ social, medical, nutritional, and daily living activity needs in a professionally staffed, group setting. These facilities provide seniors with transitional care and short-term rehabilitation following hospital discharge. You can sign up for one day a week, five days a week, or just come…
As my parents and grandparents age, I often think about the comparison between the struggles they face as they age and the struggles I faced growing up. For example, when I was a child, they were always telling me to be careful. I often heard “don’t climb that tree too high or you will fall”…
Senior living communities are, thankfully, no longer the scary, smelly, horrible place they once were perceived to be. If anything, senior living has gone in the complete opposite direction. Today, senior living communities have become a destination hot spot due to their luxury resort-like feel. Most communities now have a culture of creating an attractive…
There are plenty of excuses people make to not talk about uncomfortable topics. Even though home care should not be an uncomfortable topic, it certainly might be for someone of advancing years. Why would that be? Most likely because they think that any discussion of home care means they are losing control of life. They…