The Best Items Senior Can Bring to Assisted Living

Knowing how to downsize items when moving to assisted living may be hard for seniors going through this transition. Here are the best items to bring along.

Give Respite Care a Try at Assisted Living This Fall

Respite care is a great assisted living resource families can use for their senior loved one to try out a facility short-term to see if they enjoy the environment.

How Respite Care Assisted Living Benefits Aging Seniors

Many seniors aren’t aware that a lot of assisted living facilities offer a method of short-term care, called respite care, as an alternative to long-term care options.

Ways to Make Assisted Living Transitions Easier for Seniors

Moving to assisted living can be a difficult change for most seniors. Here are a few ways to make that transition easier for them.

Feeling Fatigued as a Family Caregiver? Assisted Living Offers a Wonderful Alternative

One of the greatest struggles middle-aged men and women (the vast majority of family caregivers happen to be women) will come in the form of looking after an aging parent.

Getting Frustrated Won’t Help Convince an Aging Parent to Consider Assisted Living

There can be plenty of reasons to feel frustration when trying to help an aging parent who seems to rebut every effort to discuss options.

Facing the Extremely Difficult Decision of Moving Mom (Who Has Alzheimer’s) to a Memory Care Assisted Living Facility

When your mother was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, it was probably a devastating moment.

Could Assisted Living Be a Good Option for Two Aging Parents, Even Though One Doesn’t Need Support Right Now?

Thomas has refused to give up and has become her primary caregiver support. Even though it is taking a clear toll on his physical abilities and health, he doesn’t want to stop. 

Three Amazing Benefits a Quality Assisted Living Facility Offers Older Americans

Assisted living may have a certain connotation within the minds of some people.

Three Common Excuses Some Seniors May Use to Refuse Assisted Living (and Why Knowing These May Help)

If you don’t want to do something, what is (generally) your response? You refuse, right? An aging senior might have difficulty taking care of their house, are constantly calling family and friends for assistance with a variety of tasks, and the topic of assisted living may come up.