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Advice for Finding Dallas Senior Care Facility

Just like any challenge in life, the best advice often comes from people who have walked in your shoes. Helping a loved one find the right Dallas senior care facility can be difficult, both logistically and emotionally. Here’s some advice from people who know what you’re going through:

  • If you’re looking for senior care for a loved one, recognize that giving up independence is difficult for most everyone. Be empathetic and patient.
  • Everyone has different needs and preferences. Take the time to visit multiple senior care options, and follow your instincts.
  • As a caregiver, find a balance that allows you to keep up with your own life as well as your loved ones.
  • Give your loved one time to adjust to the change that comes with moving to a senior care facility. [Read more…]
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Senior Living Costs in Irving TX

The cost of senior living can shock people at first. However, when you consider how many services are often included in the cost of senior living, you may be surprised. Often, people will underestimate how much money they spend on food, entertainment, utilities, security and other items that frequently are included in the cost of a senior living facility. Plus, senior living facilities provide additional value that seniors need and just can’t get at home, such as activities and assistance with daily tasks. [Read more…]

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Dallas Memory Care Facility

What is a Memory Care Facility?

A memory care facility is a specialized assisted living environment specifically for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Sometimes, this unique level of care exists in a secure wing or floor of an assisted living or nursing home facility. There are a wide range of options within memory care facilities, depending on each resident’s specific needs.

Staff members at memory care facilities in the Dallas area are specially trained to care for people with memory impairment from diseases such as Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Characteristics of memory care facilities include: [Read more…]

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Help Finding Senior Care in Dallas-Ft. Worth

Are you looking for a senior living option for a loved one? You’re not alone. With the aging of the baby boomer population, it’s expected that the country will have more seniors in the coming years than any time in our history. An unprecedented 71.5 million people will be aged 65 or older by the year 2030. Not all of these people will need to live in a senior care facility, but many will.

Finding the right place for a senior who needs assisted living can be challenging. You don’t have to do it alone. There are services that specialize in helping families place older loved ones in senior care facilities. [Read more…]

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Arlington Assisted Living

Sometimes, the first step is the hardest. That’s often true of the decision for a family member to move to an assisted living facility. Though many families are rushed into this decision due to emergency circumstances, others have time to discuss it and make plans. In a recent article in the New York Times, social worker Debra Drelich has some advice for people having “the conversation” with their aging parents who may not be ready emotionally to make the move to assisted living. Here are some of her tips:

  • Ask others to help you talk to your loved one, such as physician, a clergyman or other family members
  • Reassure older loved ones that a move can be a gradual process.
  • Make the focus of the conversation for “future planning,” not immediate action
  • Recognize that no one wants to give up her or his independence
  • Try to find common ground through “what if” scenarios [Read more…]
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