Take an Hour a Week to Spend with Mom at Assisted Living

August 9, 2016 by ·

Assisted Living in Spanish Fort AL

If you don’t live all that far away from your mother, and she’s moved recently into assisted living, you might have a tendency to stop by and visit as often as possible during those first weeks. It’s a Assisted-Living-in-Spanish-Fort-ALgood idea to allow for some time to adjust to this new living situation, which means taking a more hands off approach and only visiting or calling a few times a week, at least to start.

As your mother gets more comfortable in her new home and begins meeting people, she will become more active and busier than she might have been in many, many years. That doesn’t mean you can completely stop those visits.

Visits from loved ones still matter.

While life at assisted living can be incredibly beneficial for a lot of seniors, whether they need consistent assistance getting out of bed or doing certain things or are self-sufficient still, most of the seniors long for visits from friends and family members, especially adult children who still live in the area.

Assuming everything is fine, that your mother is incredibly busy, and she’s not even missing those visits with you is doing a disservice not just to yourself, but her. Your mother likely still longs for those conversations, to see you in person, and to feel the connection you share in life.

It’s a good idea to set aside time every week, if possible, to either call and speak to her or stop by and visit.

Check with the assisted living facility regarding their visitation schedules.

Not every assisted living facility is the same, nor are they run the same. Some will have specific visiting hours in order to preserve some continuity and privacy for the rest of their residents. Others are more lax regarding visitation schedules.

If your mother has already chosen an assisted living facility, she won’t really have any control over visitation schedules, but if this is something you’re still talking about with her, talk about how often you would visit, how often she’d like you to visit, and find a facility that would be amenable to both of your desires.

If you take an hour out of your week to stop by and visit with your aging mother, especially in the first weeks and months after she moves into this new assisted living community, it’s going to help you and her deal with this significant life change.

If you or an aging loved one are considering Assisted Living near Spanish Fort, 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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