Senior Housing Solutions Explained

Independent living, respite care, memory care. What do these senior housing solutions mean, and what are their differences? Let’s take a closer look at each type of senior housing solution on offer.

If you or your senior loved one is ready to explore senior housing solutions, then we recommend you keep reading. This article will provide you with the basics of each senior housing solution, and explain the main differences between each type.

Choosing a nursing home

Assisted Living

Assisted Living offers seniors a self-contained apartment or other appropriate housing options, and has trained staff that is available to them 24 hours a day to provide personal care in a way that promotes independence.

Memory Care

Memory Care offers seniors dementia-specific activities tailored to those with Alzheimer’s or dementia and their unique cognitive needs. In addition to this, memory care provides a safe, structured environment with set routines to lower stress for people suffering from a range of dementias and has medically trained staff on call 24 hours a day.

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Independent Living

Independent Living offers mostly social services to seniors within a community of like-minded individuals. These senior residents are able to live independently without much medical support, yet they appreciate the added security and stress-free existence that is offered to them by independent living communities.

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Nursing Home Care

Nursing Home Care offers seniors 24-hour medical supervision and care, administered by skilled medical personnel, such as specialist nurses, on a longer-term basis. Nursing homes offer the most thorough round-the-clock care a person can receive outside of a hospital.

Still a little unsure of what is included or excluded from these long-term senior care types? View the Senior Housing Care Types Explained in the brochure below:

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    *Disclaimer: The information contained in this blog is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his or her immediate family, physician, or other care providers.

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