Signs It's Time to Move

Do you have a plan for the time when home is no longer safe and supportive for your parent/s, your spouse, or you?

Families are usually pragmatic and understand that an older adult who is living with a dementia or Parkinson's diagnosis, for example, will eventually need to move to a safer, more supportive environment in the future.

What are the signs that it's time for a move?

In this Wisdom Wednesday excerpt of a longer conversation, our colleague Nicole Amico Kane, talks with Brenda Dodd at Aegis Living, about the common concerns and signs that it's time to consider a move to a long-term care community:

• Health and medical related changes, oftentimes memory and cognitive changes. 
• Supports and services such as a professional caregiver, a companion, or household help, have been brought into the home, but the efforts have failed. 
• The supports that have been brought into the home are no longer enough. 
• A family member or friend has been the primary caregiving support at home, and they feel their caregiving responsibilities are no longer sustainable. Caregiving is taking a toll on their health and well-being. 
• A consideration we've paid more attention to during the pandemic is that home can be isolating for someone who's aging in place because the world is just a little too small.
• The cost of  care is no longer financially sustainable. When you start to need a lot of care at home, things can get expensive real fast, and costs can become prohibitive especially when you're thinking about longer range planning and how resources will support someone over their lifetime. That's an important consideration. 

Every family and every situation is different. Understanding the landscape and planning for what's to come can save a lot of stress and heartache in the long-run.

Our Aging Life Care Professionals (aka geriatric Care Managers) have the experience and knowledge to guide families on planning for today as well as the future.  

• Why is Change So Hard? (an Aging Wisdom blog article)
• Seven Signs an Older Loved One May Need Help (an Aging Wisdom blog article)
• What is Aging Life Care? (an Aging Wisdom fact sheet) 

Not quite sure what steps to take next? You can schedule a free call with us to determine together whether our services are a good fit for your needs.

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