Activities for Seniors in Assisted Living During research into potential assisted living facilities, many of us focus on the room provided, the catering and the medical provision. However, what is also crucially important, yet so easy to overlook, are the activities available to residents while living at a care home. At Bright Horizons, we truly…
Assisted living costs Fully understanding what the associated costs are with being a resident of an assisted living facility is crucial so that you can budget accordingly for your situation. Knowing what costs you are likely to incur, as well as how you are likely to pay for those costs, can have a bearing on…
When is the Right Time to Move into a Nursing Home? Many elderly people prefer to live in their own homes, but due to deteriorating health often require round-the-clock health and personal care, which makes assisted living a necessity. Relatives and external carers who come to a person’s home can only do so much, and…
Alzheimer Care and the Benefits of Moving into a Specialized Facility Dementia is a progressive condition, which gradually worsens over time. People affected by this illness require more care as it progresses, which can get to be too much for family and community-based services to provide. When a loved one is suffering from dementia, a…
Why a residential home can be the best place to receive elderly care When a loved one’s health deteriorates and they need to receive care services, there are a range of elderly care options available, and often it is up to their family to help decide which one is the best for them. People are…
Small family care home Why Family Care Home? For elderly people it can be stressful to move out of their homes and into assisted living facilities. This is especially true if they are leaving a house they have lived in for decades, and moving into a place where they don’t know anyone. This stress is…
Dementia care: the benefits of moving into specialized facility Dementia is a progressive condition and, as the condition gradually worsens over time. The person affected by it will require more care, which can be too much for family and community-based services to provide. At this time, a move to a residential home that provides dementia…
Nursing home: when it is necessary to move into While many elder people prefer to live in their own home, when a health condition, or conditions, are such that they will need specialist round-the-clock healthcare as well as personal care every day – something that relatives or external carers who come to a person’s home…
Elderly care Elderly Care: Why a residential home can be the best place When a loved one’s health deteriorates and they need to receive care services, there are a range of elderly care options available, and often it is up to their family to help decide which one is the best for them. The population…
Family care home When an elder person has to move out of their own home and into residential care, it can be a traumatic time – especially if they are leaving a house they have lived in for decades into somewhere new where they don’t know anyone, but moving into a family care home can…