Aging Parent and Senior Living

With age, it becomes necessary to evaluate an elderly person's ability to function independently while retaining quality of life. There is a growing list of living options available for seniors: assisted living facilities, continuing-care retirement communities and group homes, etc. Every situation requires a thoughtful examination of individual circumstances. This section will help guide you on the choices available.

Aging in Place

Should Your Loved One Continue Living at Home?
When determining whether it is safe for your loved one to remain living at home, don't let rational decisions take a back seat to emotions.
Universal Design: Creating Caring Environments
Without requiring extensive modifications, thoughtful design can transform home spaces into supportive environments that optimize independence and control for occupants.
Home Sweet Home: Equipment That Helps the Elderly Live at Home Safely
New products are cropping up every day that helps make living at home easier for elderly people and their caregivers.
How to Find the Right Home Health Care Agency
Look online and in the phone book for Home Health Agencies, and you'll see thousands. Which one is right for your loved one and their individual situation?

Assisted Living

How to Evaluate Senior Living Options
The living options for seniors needing assistance grows every year: assisted living facilities, family group homes, independent senior living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and more.
Moving to Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities
As much as your loved would like to continue to live at home, sometimes it's necessary to consider options for long-term care. The best time to plan for this is long before it is needed. Planning ahead permits you to thoroughly research options and allow time to move up the lengthy waiting list that many good facilities have.
Helping Your Loved One Move Out of Their Home
When an elderly person moves out of their home into an assisted living facility, nursing home or the home of a relative, it is an emotional and stressful time.
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Answers from our Experts

Is there an ideal time off (respite) for caregivers that I can show my sisters to help my case for getting time off?

I have never seen an official “Required Respite Time” statistic because of course there are so many factors and it’s very individual, but I would boil the need for respite down to this: As often as needed!

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