Deciding to put a loved one in a senior living community is one of the toughest decisions that a family will ever make. It’s a hard conclusion to come to, and a hard choice to make. Picking the right assisted living community for your aging family member is a decision...

When people become residents of a senior care community, they do not all need the same things out of the facility. Some simply need a place to stay where they’re not too far away from emergency help, while also being able to get a few meals and some socialization in...

When it comes time to pick the care for your aging loved one, which is the best care available? Is memory care appropriate, or will they be better off in an assisted living facility? The truth is that neither one is automatically ‘better’ than the other. Rather, they...

Obviously, all this care is not free. The facility has to pay to employ a wide variety of employees to make sure your family member is receiving the proper amount of care, they have to pay for the food, they have to maintain certifications and keep the lights on, and...

Before you spend the money to get a loved one into an assisted care community, you owe it to them and to yourself to do a walk-through, to take a tour. Take a look at what the community has to offer, take a look at the people, and see what is going on there. When you...

The decision to put a family member in an assisted living community is never an easy one to make. For many families, they feel like they are failing their family member, giving up on them because they just can’t take care of them. Other families may feel like the...

If you make the choice to move your aging loved one(s) into an assisted care facility, you will need to move them into the facility. This means making their room feel more like a home and less like the sterile template you are likely to have when you first walk into...

After moving your elderly loved one into the assisted living community, that doesn’t mean you will never see them again. You can visit as often as you would like, so long as you do so within the policy of the assisted care community in question. Often, this simply...

Here are just a few terms you may need to know when you are looking into a senior care facility for your aging loved ones. Accreditation: An accreditation is a seal of approval given by an industry or governing body, symbolizing the that service provider has met...