When you’re looking for the right living situation for your senior, you might not be sure just which ones might be the right fit for her needs. It helps to understand what specific needs can be helped by certain solutions. In the case of senior supportive living communities, your elderly family member might be experiencing some of these needs.
Your Senior Needs Help with Medication Compliance
Taking the medications that she’s been prescribed help your senior to manage her health issues. Forgetting to take medications or taking them improperly can cause big problems for your elderly family member. The more medications your senior is prescribed, the worse this situation can seem to get. Having help with medications can increase her compliance and therefore also her overall health.
Your Senior Has Difficulty with ADLs
Activities of daily living, or ADLs, are basic everyday activities that are necessary for personal care. These include things like bathing, eating, and using the bathroom. If your elderly family member needs additional help with these activities, then senior supportive living may be a good option for her to consider.
Your Senior Is Becoming More Isolated
Isolation is a huge problem for seniors, both emotionally and physically. In a retirement community, your elderly family member has better opportunities to meet other people and to have multiple social engagements every day. This helps her to avoid isolation that could lead to a variety of other issues, including depression.
Your Senior Is Having Mobility Issues
Problems with mobility can be downright dangerous for your elderly family member. People with mobility issues may become afraid of falling, which can make them avoid moving and that ends up making mobility concerns far worse. Senior supportive living offers your elderly family member mobility support when she needs it the most.
Your Senior Needs Nutritional Assistance
Eating healthy meals on a regular basis helps your elderly family member to keep herself healthy. But malnutrition is extremely common for aging adults, mainly due to challenges related to cooking and to eating, including remembering to eat. Living in a retirement community offers your senior a chance to have healthy meals on a regular basis, and she can eat with other people.
There are so many other options that a supportive living situation can offer to your senior as well, including a variety of activities that can keep her brain engaged and entertained on a regular basis.
If you or an aging loved-one are considering a move to a Senior Supportive Living in Swansea, IL or surrounding areas please contact the caring staff at Knollwood Retirement Community today. 618-394-0569
Offering seniors age 65 and older a wealth of amenities to retain as much independence as they are able, with support, in a home-like environment in our supportive living community.
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