Senior Living Q&A: Coed Roommates at a Care Home?
November 12, 2013
Comments are off
Can Senior Communities Have Men and Women Room Together? Q: My sister is 15 years older than me and lives in a small residential care home. They now have her rooming with a male. It is a seven bed facility and the administrator moved them together to make room for a sixth person tha
Continue Reading →Senior Living Q&A: Cause of Sudden Gambling Compulsion in Elder?
November 06, 2013
Comments are off
Q: My aunt, has within the last 6 years become addicted to scratch off tickets at any local gas station. I worry about her safety. She lives alone (insists on it) and comes and goes as she pleases. She states that this gambling is her social life. She knows all the other gamblers that
Continue Reading →Senior Living Q&A: Medical Marijuana at Assisted Living?
October 28, 2013
Comments are off
Q: My mom lives in Portland, Oregon. She’s 68 years old and has very limited mobility due to multiple sclerosis. She also has glaucoma and is a breast cancer survivor. (She was only given a 50/50 chance of surviving by her doctor’s sbut today she is cancer free.) My mom is
Continue Reading →Do Assisted Living Communities Accept Residents With Criminal Histories?
October 24, 2013
Comments are off
Q: My father was a bit of a wild-man and a low level player in organized crime before eventually having a religious conversion, settling down and starting a family. He has a felony conviction related for a non-violent crime related to cigarette smuggling dating back to 1972. Dad serve
Continue Reading →Senior Living Q&A: Can Wanderers Live at Assisted Living?
Q: My elderly father lives with me and has moderate dementia and is prone to wandering. Sometimes he says “I just need to get home,” even when he already is at home. Other times in the morning he will get dressed and try to wander out the front door while saying he is R
Continue Reading →Senior Living Q&A: Will Obamacare Affect Assisted Living?
Dear AssistedLiving.Com: I work part time at a large retailer and just learned that under Obamacare I will be able to afford health insurance for the first time. My mother works at assisted living and I am wondering how Obamacare affects assisted living residents and if my mother̵
Continue Reading →Should Assisted Living Communities Serve Alcohol?
August 10, 2013
Alcohol is an enigmatic substance. Humans have enjoyed it for thousands of years, using it medicinally, recreationally and religiously. It’s capable of bonding humans, lifting spirits, and consoling this disheartened. But it’s also a dangerous drug responsible for tens of
Continue Reading →Senior Living Q&A: Volunteering at Assisted Living
August 02, 2013
Comments are off
Q: I have always enjoyed working with seniors and would like to volunteer to work with seniors at an assisted living community. How do I go about doing that? Brightening the day of a senior can be tremendously rewarding, so people frequently ask us how they can volunteer at assisted l
Continue Reading →The Language of Aging
July 15, 2013
It’s undeniable that most assisted living residents have lived quite a while, but what terms should we use to describe these venerable adults? The language surrounding aging can be sensitive. The word that’s used for people who have lived more than six or seven decades has
Continue Reading →An Assisted Living Secret Mission: Unannounced Visits
June 28, 2013
Comments are off
So you’ve narrowed your senior housing search down to two or three of the most appropriate facilities for your elderly parent or parents. You’ve toured them all, sometimes more than once. You’ve asked all their staff the right questions. You’ve talked to knowin
Continue Reading →