Do you have a loved one who is entering or already well into their golden years? With ADLs (activities of daily living), are they requiring more and more assistance? If so, and you are the primary caregiver, more and more of your time is being devoted to their care and well-being. That’s noble, but caregiving on a full-time basis has numerous detrimental effects on caregivers themselves.
Granted, you want the best for your loved ones, and caring for them yourself seems to be a good way of assuring that. On the other hand, have you explored the option of senior assisted living in Dallas, TX? Here, your loved one can get not only the care they need on a daily basis but enjoy numerous amenities and a stylish lifestyle. You, in turn, will get a much-needed break and added peace of mind, knowing your loved one is in a good place – in more ways than one.
Let’s look at the many ways in which your loved one’s quality of life can be improved by a move to assisted living.
Assistance with ADLs and More
ADLs – activities of daily living – become harder and harder for some people as they enter their golden years. Getting dressed, bathing, doing laundry, cleaning, etc., may fall to the wayside. None of these is a problem, however, when residing in an assisted living community. While encouraging independence, as much assistance as your loved one needs will be offered on a daily basis.
In addition to receiving the assistance your loved one needs with activities of daily living, they will also enjoy the services offered by on-site housekeeping and maintenance teams.
Supervision and Safety
The mobility and accessibility of/for each resident are taken into consideration in the design of today’s assisted living communities.
Changing your home, or the home of your loved one, with the modifications necessary to assist them in getting around can cost a pretty penny. Even worse, if an accident occurs, and your loved one falls, the results can be disastrous.
No less than 24 hours a day, seven days a week, there is a care team on-site in an assisted living community. From medical technicians to nurses and more, someone is always there and ready to assist your loved one as needed.
Physical and Mental Fitness
In an assisted living community, there are numerous programs and events scheduled that encourage and promote physical, mental, and even spiritual health. Exercise classes, mental wellness classes, dances, arts and crafts, and more are offered to assist your loved one in staying as fit, independent, and as alert as possible.
Promotion of Socialization
As a result of the above-stated programs, events, activities, and more, there is never a shortage of something to do or someone to do it with in today’s assisted living communities. Loneliness and depression can become very real problems very quickly when a retiree lives alone. Those problems are all but done away with in an atmosphere where socialization, engagement, independence, and happiness are encouraged each and every day.
Make the Move to an Assisted Living Community in the Dallas Area
Your loved one could be enjoying three nutritious and delicious chef-prepared meals a day, complimentary transportation, concierge service, regularly scheduled activities and events, programs involving mental, physical, and even spiritual health, housekeeping/maintenance services, an on-site care team, and so much more by residing in an assisted living community. Why would you short them the opportunity if you didn’t have to?
Are you, or is a loved one, ready to make the transition to our Assisted Living community in the Dallas area? Contact us to find out more!
