A Tool to Help You Decide Senior Care Alternatives

08/26/2013

Senior Care

Senior Care Options – Discover Which Ones are Best for You

Are you or a loved one unsure about which senior care option or residential living is the right choice? If so, there are a number of online tools that can help you decide.

For example, the evaluation tool at AlternativesforSeniors.com can help you determine the type of housing or personal care that is the best fit for you or your loved one. Simply visit the online tool. Select the choice from a series of options that best describes the situation of the person in need of senior care options. The tool will help guide you through choices such as:

Dressing

  • Can the senior dress independently? Is clothing appropriate to climate?

  • Does the senior require assistance or reminders with shoelaces, zippers, garments, hooks?

  • Is the senior dependent on others for dressing?

Hygiene

  • Can the senior perform all bathing, shaving, and dressing activities without assistance?

  • Does the senior require assistance or reminders with daily hygiene?

  • Or does all personal hygiene activities require assistance?

Mobility

  • Can the senior move independently?

  • Does the senior rely on a cane, walker, or wheel chair? Is the senior in need of help in an emergency?

  • Is the senior mobile but may require assistance due to physical problems or confusion?

  • Does the senior require occasional assistance to move about, but can usually get around independently?

  • Does the senior require assistance transferring from chair, toilet, or bed?

  • Or does the senior require full transfer and transport assistance, including turning in bed and wheelchair?

Nutrition

  • Is the senior able to prepare and eat meals without assistance?

  • Can the senior perform some meal preparation? Does the main meal need to be prepared by others?

  • Do all meals need to be prepared and served by others?

  • Does the senior require assistance when eating (i.e. pouring, cutting, opening packages)?

  • Is the senior totally dependent on others for nourishment, including reminders and assistance?

The evaluation tool at AlternativesforSeniors.com asks a number of additional questions. Simply choose your response then select ‘submit’ to get your result. The result will indicate which senior care option best fits. Senior Care options include senior apartment, independent-living, assisted-living, Alzheimer’s Specialty or other continuing-care community.

Tools such as this are an invaluable resource for helping seniors and their loved ones determine which senior care options and residential living might be right for them.

 

BLOG Date: August 26, 2013

Writer: Ryan Allen