When is it time for your parents to move into a senior living community? You have been watching over your parents and started noticing each season has increased the necessity for extra help at their home. While it may be a difficult decision, you have realized they require more care than you can give. Whether it be repeated doctor trips, meal management, medical care, or socialization, the time has come for professional support. Beacon Crest Senior Living provides a beautiful place to live that feels like home while caring for your parents. Many have realized the importance of making this choice before a significant health concern arises. The opportunity to age in place while receiving professional support can extend and enhance the quality of life
DOCTOR VISITS
It can be tricky to coordinate work schedules with routine doctor visits. Your parents may not always let you know when they need to go to the doctor. Often, an older adult does not want to feel like they are bothering their adult children and will either postpone medical care or cancel it entirely. Routine medical check-ups are necessary for quality of life. Senior home communities schedule doctor visits and provide transportation to and from the office. In addition, these communities have an in-house doctor that can provide elderly care for general check-ups. This amenity can save time, help manage prescription updates, and reduce the need for outside office visits.
MEAL MANAGEMENT
When faced with cooking yet another meal, older adults will opt for something simple or skip a meal altogether. This repeated pattern over time can affect the level of nutritional intake. Try to notice if your parents have been eating well at home, making frozen dinners, or skipping meals without realizing it. At Beacon Crest Senior Living, gourmet chefs design a complex menu. Nutritionists review the planned meals to support the chefs in creating nutritionally dense meals. Dietitians have reported that health begins at mealtime. As your parents are aging, they may gain food sensitivities or be pickier about their meal choices. Residents maintain a healthy diet when food is readily available. They know they will not need to prepare or clean up afterward. Healthy meals can create the opportunity for healthier parents.
MEDICAL CARE
Whether needing help to transfer from the couch to a walker, prescription management, or extra care after surgery, senior living homes provide that extra help. Healthcare professionals allow your parents to retain dignity while traveling the aging journey. Either your parents need medical attention that you are untrained to provide, or they do not want to ask their child for that type of help. Having Certified Nursing Assistants on standby twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week allows for peace of mind. Senior living communities, such as Beacon Crest Senior Living, have a smaller caregiver to resident ratio. This ratio allows for a faster response time in providing care.
SOCIALIZATION
Your parents have each other, and they have you. These core relationships are imperative. What about having time with friends? It can be challenging to arrange a lunch with a friend or an outing somewhere interesting due to a lack of transportation or scheduling. Senior living communities, such as Beacon Crest Senior Living, offer multiple possibilities for socializing and building a sense of community. Mealtimes are the perfect gatherings for sharing a meal while building friendships. In addition, Beacon Crest schedules daily activities such as movies, music concerts, games, and exercise opportunities. There are bus trips to parks, live theaters, scenic drives, and picnics. Sometimes one parent may wish to relax while the other is ready for an adventure. Living in a community allows both parents to socialize as they like to while removing the pressure to organize logistics. Whether it be their social life, their medical care, or their nutritional health, letting the professionals care for your parents’ health allows you the opportunity to visit and enjoy your time together.