Planning Visits to Your Parents in Assisted Living: What You Need to Consider First.
How often should I visit my parents in assisted living? Now that you’ve made the decision to move your parents into assisted living, or if they’ve just moved in, one of the first things you’re probably thinking about is how often to visit them. Daily? Once a...
Feeling Guilty About Choosing Assisted Living? It’s Time to Change Your Perspective.
Making the decision for assisted living care The time has come to make one of the most important decisions about your mom’s health: to move her into an assisted living facility. And you are probably wondering, is this the right decision? Am I abandoning my...
Going Home for the Holidays: What You Need to Pay Attention To
Trust your gut It’s the time you’ve looked forward to all year...the holidays. As you happily walk through the door of your parents’ home, ready for your favorite home-cooked holiday dishes and time spent laughing with loved ones, you look past the few colorful...
Top 5 Must Ask Questions to an Assisted Living Activity Director
We know that loneliness and inactivity are some of the main problems of the older years. People find that after a lifetime of working and managing busy lives; retirement can seem empty and lonely. The mental and physical health of people, particularly older people,...
Questions to Ask in an Assisted Living Interview
If you have decided to move a loved one into an assisted living home, you're probably experiencing some relief that your loved one will be looked after and be living in a more secure place. However, you still need to ensure that the assisted living home you choose is...
How Do I Get Into Assisted Living With No Money Out of Pocket?
No matter where you live, we’re all feeling the financial pressure of day-to-day life. Here in Texas, it’s no different. And when it comes to assisted living, we all face the same challenging reality: figuring out how to pay for it. Even if you have saved for this...
Can mom take her furniture to assisted living?
When moving into any new space, including assisted living, it can be comforting to have some of your favorite and familiar furniture with you. Each piece holds memories that can ease the transition into the new and unknown. Luckily, in most places, mom can bring some...
Packing Checklist for Your Move to Assisted Living
It can be quite liberating for an older person to know that they can now have assistance with difficult daily chores, cooking meals and housekeeping. When these become daily frustrations that are visible to you, you know they’ve probably been frustrating them for a...
Top 8 Assisted Living Choices to Avoid
For a family, making the decision to move a loved one into an assisted living facility can be full of ups and downs… for everyone. Let’s discuss the subject in detail so you can have more ups than the latter. There are many aspects you must examine, and ensure that...
Help! Mom Doesn’t Want to Go into Assisted Living
An aging and increasingly infirm parent can be a challenging reality to face. It can be a difficult issue to confront and acknowledge –that the woman you used to depend upon is no longer independent; either physically or practically. At this point, an assisted living...