Care Perspectives From Senior Solutions

Transitioning to a senior living community is a major life change for your elderly loved one. At our communities, we provide many activities to help our residents feel right at home. Often, paying special attention to a loved one's hobbies can help associate this transition with positive feelings. 

Gardening is a hobby that many of our residents have enjoyed for most of their lives, so it is important to us to have gardening areas available where we can. Some of our residents have even found a new favorite pastime. We have been pleasantly surprised that our communities do not need a lot of encouragement to play in the dirt!

Topics: Assisted living, Activities, Our Communities, Life in Assisted Living

At Senior Solutions communities, our staff works very hard to customize activity programs based on what residents enjoy. We strive to provide an environment that gives residents an opportunity to feel engaged and maintain a sense of purpose.

If you and your loved one are considering one of Senior Solution’s communities, here are some activities you can look forward to:

Topics: Caregiving, Activities, Our Communities, Life in Assisted Living

Topics: Assisted living, Caregiving, Activities, Life in Assisted Living

Senior living communities come in many configurations, each designed to suit the varying needs of today's seniors. Options include independent living only, a mix of independent and assisted living, assisted living only, or all-inclusive arrangements that provide independent living through memory care/skilled nursing care. 

Topics: Caregiving, Exercise, Activities, Senior Living Decisions, Life in Assisted Living

When your loved one needs the daily care and safety offered by a good assisted living community, it's important to help them make a successful move. One of the keys to success is to focus on quality-of-life issues that are most important to mom or dad. Oftentimes, one of the top concerns is good food. If dad is used to home-cooked meals, he may balk at the idea of meals prepared by people he doesn't know in a kitchen he can't see. 

Topics: Nutrition, Resources, Life in Assisted Living

Senior living can be a rewarding and positive experience, and a first-rate dining experience is a key component to resident happiness. Dining is not only important to nutrition and health, but it is also important to social well being. 

Topics: Assisted living, Caregiving, Nutrition, Our Communities, Life in Assisted Living

As you start this new year, have you thought about the possibility of helping Mom or Dad make the transition to assisted living or a dementia care facility? If this has been weighing on your mind, it may be time to take the first steps by talking to your loved one and scheduling visits to possible communities. At Senior Solutions, we understand how difficult this entire process can be and will work with you to find the perfect one of our Georgia, Tennessee or Florida community's for your loved one.  

Topics: Tennessee, Assisted living, Our Communities, Life in Assisted Living

Topics: Assisted living, Florida, Our Communities, Life in Assisted Living

Making the decision to move into a senior housing community can be challenging and confusing. Finding the best facility for your living situation can be downright overwhelming. The first step in making your decision less overwhelming is to narrow down your options to the two main types of facilities: assisted living vs. nursing home (aka skilled nursing facility).

Topics: Assisted living, Caregiving, Senior Living Decisions, Our Communities, Life in Assisted Living

 

As the adult child of an aging parent, you know how important it is to keep tabs on mom or dad so you know whether the time has come for more intensive daily care and supervision. For example, have you seen changes in dad's ability to get around his home safely? Has he fallen recently? Is mom's normally-impeccable dress habits and hygiene starting to slip? Are you or other caregivers becoming exhausted and burned out by the stress of watching over mom and dad? If you answer 'yes', then it may be time to investigate senior care options.

Topics: Assisted living, Caregiving, Resources, Life in Assisted Living