Assisted Living and Vision Challenges

March 10, 2015 by ·

Assisted Living in Chickasaw AL

The first time Amanda’s family mentioned the prospect that she should consider assisted living as a more viableAssisted Living in Chickasaw AL option for her, she didn’t even want to listen. After all, even though she was 83 years old, she thought of herself as being able to tend to her basic care pretty well. However, she had to admit that she was relying on some family members, friends, and even neighbors a bit more often as the years progressed.

After some lengthy discussions, Amanda started listening to what her family was saying and started looking into various options with regard to assisted living in the area. Her son wanted her to move closer to him and his family, but she wanted to remain in the area, where she had lived for the past 30 years, and where she had numerous friends and other ties to the community.

She eventually decided on one particular assisted living facility where a good friend of hers had been living for the past year.  Before she was set to move in, Amanda began noticing issues with her vision. She was starting to have difficulty seeing, experiencing occasional blurriness, the sense of cloudiness over her field of vision, and other problems. She made an appointment with her eye doctor and was diagnosed as having glaucoma. By the time she was moving into the assisted living facility, she was having some more difficulties with her vision. She hadn’t anticipated these problems when she was looking for a specific facility, and she was glad that the staff members there were highly experienced in helping other seniors with various health problems, including cataracts, macular degeneration, and even glaucoma.

On every wall and in every room there were handrails that could help a person navigate throughout the facility, even if they had extreme vision loss. This provided Amanda a great deal of comfort knowing she wouldn’t get lost or end up stumbling down an open stairwell.

There may be numerous challenges that Amanda will have to face in the future, but thanks to the right assisted living facility, she knew she was going to have a great deal of help and it was a much better option than remaining in her house.

If you or an aging loved one are considering Assisted Living near Chickasaw, AL, contact Ashbury Manor Specialty Care and Assisted Living at 251-317-3017.

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About Cindy Johnson

Ashbury Manor’s Administrator since 2008, Cindy Johnson is a long-time expert in the assisted living field. Prior to her arrival at Ashbury Manor, Cindy managed acquisitions and crisis management for existing and new larger senior care project developments for eleven years. As regional manager for an Oregon-based assisted living management company, Cindy was directly responsible for operations for five 50-65 bed assisted living facilities. As manager during the transition to new ownership, Cindy reorganized internal operations and conducted leadership training for Executive Directors. As a result of her management and expertise, one of the company’s facilities (in Ocala, Florida) received a deficiency-free survey, resulting in the lifting of a moratorium on operation.

A nurse for 36 years, senior care has always been Cindy’s passion. Desiring to work more closely with residents, Cindy became a Category II Administrator in 2005. As Ashbury Manor’s Administrator, Cindy understands the complexities associated with dementia and cognitive impairment and she has fallen in love with seniors with dementia or cognitive impairment and their families.

Cindy is Treasurer of the local “Senior Coalition” chapter. She enjoys mentoring new candidates who want to become administrators.

As a 16-bed facility, with Cindy's training and experience, our residents and their families can be sure Ashbury Manor’s carefully selected staff provides the expertise of a larger facility while maintaining the individualized personal care of a small special needs home.
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