What Mistakes Should You Avoid When Setting Up Senior Care?
When doing something for the first time, it’s natural to make mistakes, but mistakes can be costly when arranging senior care, so how do you avoid them?
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1. Mixing Up The Different Types Of Senior Care Centers
When researching the various senior care options in the Commonwealth of Virginia, many people become confused by the different terms. Do you want to live in an “assisted living community”, “independent living community”, or a “nursing home”? They may all sound like pretty much the same thing, but there are significant differences between them. They’re all different types of facilities.
Terms such as “senior care facility” and “long-term care center” are umbrella ones. The facilities mentioned in the above paragraph are all different types of senior care centers. An independent living community, also called a retirement home, doesn’t offer care directly to the residents there. Seniors live in these communities to enjoy convenience and rich social lives. The staff manage cleaning, landscaping, maintenance, and sometimes cooking.
Nursing homes are quite different. Caregivers at nursing homes offer a lot of personal care because their residents typically have high-level needs. Nursing home residents often can’t manage their lives or make informed decisions about their care all on their own.
Residents of assisted living communities, however, frequently can make those decisions. The goal of assisted living is to balance care and independence. Residents receive care, but they can still live their lives how they like. Always Best Care of Richmond provides assisted living placement consultations to help seniors and families find the best community for them in the Greater Richmond Area.
2. Assuming In-home Care Is Unrealistic
If moving into a long-term care center doesn’t seem like the right option for you, you can choose in-home care. In-home caregivers visit seniors in their own Greater Richmond Area homes and provide a range of care services. For many seniors and their families, in-home care is the more convenient option. And though you may think this convenience will cost you extra, that’s not accurate. In-home care is typically more affordable than moving into a long-term care center.
3. Picking A One-Size-Fits-All Plan
With Always Best Care of Richmond’s home care services, you can get all the care you need in your own home with a customized plan of care. We’ll personalize a plan for your needs and wants. One-size-fits-all care packages aren’t that helpful and require you to pay for services you don’t need. We categorize our care services as personal care, home helper services, or companionship services.
4. Not Contacting Always Best Care Of Richmond For A Free Consultation.
Please don’t forget to contact Always Best Care of Richmond. You can do so through our website or by calling us at 804-431-3041.
