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“The Palace” is located in the heart of the gables. It is one of the top notch awarded nursing home facilities for seniors stated by many families. Currently being an employee at this facility, I am learning the frightful stories of senior living. Even the Palace one of the most expensive, awarded senior living is actually a terrible place for the elderly. Especially, working at the Front Desk as the receptionist, I have seen firsthand how these poor seniors are forced into these haunted “luxurious” homes. The marble of the building has been often a misleading reason for placing their parent or grandparent in such terrible care. Most humans tend to judge by the appearance of the nursing homes rather than further investigating any violations that the facilities may have. From my own experience with my grandmother, I know it can be very difficult to take care of a senior citizen, especially when they suffer from various conditions and are just not safe in their home. Once adults become seniors, they require a lot of attention and assistance, which is hard when running a whole household and a career. But placing your loved one in one of these facilities can just shorten the amount of time they have to live. Also, it can be very expensive. Lastly, nursing home makes seniors feel the lack of freedom.

Pleasant Oaks nursing facility is pleased to announce to the Hawthorne community, the expansion of a free standing assisted living facility. Although Pleasant Oaks was launched thirty years ago, the facility has experienced greater-than-anticipated demand for its services, and evidence has proven that the target market of elderly care would likely increase in disproportion of the size of our current facility. An extension of our current facility is just one of our long standing commitments at meeting the growing needs of our communities. Our new facility is a free-standing, independent, self-contained with thirty, one bedrooms and two bedrooms’ apartments. These bedroom apartments have small kitchen, living room, porch or balcony with free

Aging is a natural part of life. However, many people struggle to stay active in their golden years. The attentive staff at National Church Residences is committed to the health and overall well-being of their clients and residents. Their senior living community in Chillicothe, OH, has provided safe, affordable, and comfortable housing to seniors for more than 50 years. As innovative leaders in home and health care for the elderly, they work hard to fulfill the social and human needs of older adults.

Relatively new to this research are the correlations found between living environments and improved health and well-being for the people who live there. Employment and business opportunities also arise to support and maintain services for this vastly growing cohort. Ideas are being put forth now to create urban communities for senior living that will embrace continued learning and service opportunities. Aging-In-Place models, where seniors remain at home and in the community in which they have always lived is argued in research entitled, Innovative Models of Aging in Place: Transforming our Communities for an Aging Population (Bookman). Membership in a community can build relationships and identify common interests and purpose, as well as integrated settings to help promote meaning in the “golden years”. Bookman states that this is a global phenomenon and that in 1950 only 8% of the world population was over 60. Less than 70 years later that has changed dramatically, with the largest increase occurring in the most developed nations. The many benefits are people who are not only living longer, but leading active and healthy lives into ones 80’s and 90’s. The wisdom, experience and skills of this older population are available to family, friends and the communities for many decades. On the other hand, there are also

Today, there are more senior citizens living in the United States than previous generations. As the baby boomers continue to grow older, millions of Americans are now over the age of 65. According to the research, there are over "75 million Baby Boomers who are on the verge of retirement" (Bernard, 2012). This is dramatically changing the nature of American society, and increasing the number of elderly which need care today, and will soon need care in the near future. Yet, what is often not discussed when looking at America's retirees and elderly is the environment in which many are retreating into. Ageism is a common cause of prejudice among the older generations (Quinn & Tomita 1997). A lot of abuse and neglect cases stem from an image of a burdensome elderly individual. Ageism is a major problem here in the United States, and it is partly responsible for setting the

Most residents are away from their families which is different, and most are still adjusting to this change. Scenes that are welcoming to seniors will bring them comfort and warmth. Hermitage Gardens of Oxford is secure for seniors and comfortable to fit their personal living choices. It stood out to me that the interior design in this agency is decorated with warm and welcoming colors. From my standpoint, colors and decorations are important for the residents because the colors are calm and neutral. In this facility, seniors are granted the right to make their own choices of what activities they decide to participate in, foods they eat, and other opportunities. Each resident has their own room and private space that they can decorate and make it as homely as possible. Assisted living agencies are beneficial to those who are independent, but still demand assistance. There is a twenty-four-hour nursing supervision that is provided in this facility which is helpful because some patients require around the clock care. The staff that is employed in Hermitage Gardens of Oxford are social workers, nurses, nurse assistants, and cooks. This agency is funded by

Although institutionalized living facilities aim to meet the physical and emotional needs of their residents, the structure of most facilities also marginalize the older adults who live in them (Shentow-Bewsh, 2016). One example of such a living facility is the Terraces of Baycrest, a nonprofit retirement home for older adults aged 80-100+. This paper focuses on a change effort that could be implemented at the Terraces to reduce the marginalization of its residents.

One critical aspect to reassuring the elderly enjoy their new community is transitioning them properly. By taking a few deliberate steps, their children can ensure that they experience a healthy and smooth move to their new home.

As the older adult population in the United States continues its accelerated growth, there is a growing concern about the long-term care options for these elders. While nursing homes are no longer desirable and costly for federal and state governments, viable alternatives are being sought to meet this need. The development and rapid expansion of the numbers of assisted living communities have grown as older adults, family caregivers and government bureaucrats are looking for lower cost options. How beneficial are assisted living communities for the older adults that live in them? Most older adults seek to avoid multiple moves to meet their care needs and desire to age in place within a residential setting. The findings of this study conclude that assisted living communities provide significant benefits to older adults by the provision of supportive services to help in areas of activities of daily living. There are some assisted living communities that are more able to accommodate residents to age in place based on the provision of necessary services, highly personalized service and reasonable accommodations that are needed to help with physical decline. Finally, the assisted living communities operate along the continuum of care and facilitate

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These individuals are looking to move their loved one into a long term care facility. This type of transition is often times unwanted but necessary for the well-being of their loved one. Because of financial reasons, work, or just the lack of experience, knowledge or inability to provide the necessary care the family’s loved one needs, long term care is now an option. Lillian’s Garden provides support services that will help the families feel confident about the decision of placing their loved one in Lillian’s Garden’s

Driving to Longhorn Village, I was quite excited to be able to provide care for some seniors residing in the assisted living facility. This brought back good memories of volunteering at Mike’s Place, an adult daycare in Austin, Texas, where I used to help to facilitate different physical and mental activities for senior citizens with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Upon my arrival to Longhorn Village, I felt welcomed, and was impressed by the quality and variety of housing options the facility provided for seniors. I have noticed that Longhorn Village offers an elegant senior living lifestyle with on-site long- and short-term services such as memory support, assisted living, and skilled nursing. This

By taking this class I’ve come to realize the significance of aging-in-place is to an elderly person. That an older person will age-well physically, emotionally and socially, when their environment is able to evolve, helping them to adapt to the ongoing changes with within their own body and mind that happen, as they get older.

All actions have consequences and different people can be affected in many ways because of it. Many of the characters in the film Forrest Gump have a great influence on Forrest and the man he becomes. Forrest’s mother, Bubba, and Jenny are just three characters that have made large and lasting impacts on Forrest's life.

There are thousands of families with elderly parents or grandparents having the same conversation each day. They are working through a decision to place their senior family member in a retirement home or place them in a Richmond VA independent living facility. For most families, the decision is tough, but it’s not one that has to be made alone.