Are Mom And Dad In A Good Home?
Have you been contemplating when would be the right time to place your mom or dad into an assisted living facility for seniors? You may have been taking care of them for so long that you no longer have the time or skills required to keep up with their needs because you aren’t a trained caregiver. It’s a tough decision, but you know it’s the right one, and you know it’s what they really need. So now you made the decision to find a senior assisted living home that will provide not just their physical needs but their emotional and social needs as well.
Will Their Physical Needs Be Met?
When it comes to the physical needs of your parents, there should be a few things to make sure the assisted living senior facility you are considering is able to provide for them:
- Do they have qualified caregivers
- Is there an in-house administrator
- What is the caregiver to resident ratio
- Do you parents have any dietary needs that can be met with their meals
- Is the facility wheelchair accessible including bedrooms and bathrooms
- Do the bathrooms and showers have safety rails if needed
- Are they able to administer their medication
- Do they provide hospice care if needed
These are just a few of the questions you should keep in mind when considering a place for mom and dad.
Moving your mom and dad in to an assisted living home can be an emotional situation for any senior. They are leaving their home, having to learn a new daily routine, and not seeing their loved ones on a daily basis anymore. This can make for a very unsettling transition into a new place.
Are They Happy
Ensuring that the new living facility provides a fun, sociable and active environment can be the difference between a depressed and lonely parent or that your mother or father’s emotional and social needs are met. Here are some suggestions to help make their transition into a new home more enjoyable:
- Find out how many other residence are living in the facility. Meet and get to know them a little before moving your parents in. This helps to make sure they see a familiar face and won’t be so lonely on their first day at their new assisted living home
- Does the facility have large screen TV’s, cable or satellite. Do they have a small theater for movie nights
- Are the rooms equipped with phone lines, internet or cable
- Do they provide arts and crafts or other forms of entertainment to help keep their minds active.
- Do they offer senior safe exercise programs
- Do they have a swimming pool, walking paths or gardens
- What are the family visiting hours and are pets allowed
A fun and enjoyable senior assisted living facility will make a huge impact on the quality of your mom or dads life, and will also provide you that much needed peace of mind and reassurance that you made the right choice and that they are being taken care of.
Here at Villa Living in Rancho Cucamonga, we pride ourselves on meeting the physical, emotional and social needs of all of our residents. Whether it’s through group activities such as arts and crafts or movie night, or be it the dietary needs of our seniors, we are happy to treat your mom and dad as if they were our mom and dad. Our senior assisted living facility provides an in-house residing administrator / manager, the owner is a certified administrator and our caregivers are well-trained with experience in providing care for seniors. Villa Living invites seniors from the cities of Rancho Cucamonga, Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, Pasadena, La Verne, Alta Loma, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Glendora, San Dimas, Temecula, and all across Southern California.
