Notes On Benchmark Senior Living

As more and more elderly Americans choose to spend their later years in assisted living facilities, FRONTLINE and ProPublica examine whether this loosely regulated, multi-billion dollar industry is putting seniors at risk? Their film “Life and Death in Assisted Living” depicts different phenomenons that occurs in assisted living that America is unaware of. A testimony provided in the film describes assisted living as being “a rock that you don’t want to look under” because of the unspoken neglect and abuse of the residents in the facilities. This film focuses on the investigation and evaluation of the care provided by Emeritus’ assisted living facilities. It provides viewers with information on what makes assisted living unique, the qualifications

Assisted living helps each person value life to its fullest potential. When it comes to making an older individual feel more at home and also be able to focus more on non-stressful activities, they need to be ensured the best care. “Families feel more confident and are less ‘protective’ when there is continuity in staff and they are deemed competent. Staff are more likely to be retained where they feel valued”2 part of the quote which is especially conducive to the argument is, “where they feel valued.” When picking and choosing a nursing home that fits individual the best, and will provide them with the care needed, it is important to make sure that everyone is valued in the process. This quote is important because if the workers are not being taken care of, then they are less enthusiastic and also less likely to give someone’s loved one the care needed and to know what is expected from them. It is assumed that when picking an assisted living home, that the well being of the person and also many other characteristics are taken into

One thing every living organism has in common on this planet-- age. No one wants to age or face the fact that aging is inevitable. However, since it’s impossible to beat the never ending time clock that is life; everyone wants to be as comfortable as possible when age finally does catch up with them. When the majority of people think of comfortability in old age, they think of living in their own homes and being surrounded by their loved ones. Not many individuals want to be placed into a nursing home type facility because they can’t imagine themselves being comfortable that way. Nonetheless, even though being placed in a home does take away some of an elderly person’s independence, usually the independence lost is in activities that person can no longer do for themselves. Indeed, nursing homes do have their own set of scary stories behind them; life lost, independence lost, and privacy lost, yet many of those stories are outdated. Upon investigation, it would be easy for anyone to scare themselves out of a nursing facility due to the stories that are out there. Yet, upon even further research people would be able to see how far the United States has come in their development and evolution of nursing care facilities. The care of the elderly in the form of nursing homes has faced a tough evolution starting off with a harsh past, to what nursing homes are like now, and what people can expect for the future of these homes.

A vast majority of the population that is nearing retirement age tend to experience a feeling of "unfinished business" and begin planning their golden years around accomplishing them. As retirees, many may start a new hobby they've always wanted to do, write a book, traveling or even going back to school in some cases. So one method a retiree can maximise the time available to accomplish all of those things is to enter a senior housing facility, and be free from the burden of caring for a home.

After reading The Age of Dignity by Ai-Jen Poo, I realize that she brings out many good concerns and information about where our country is heading in the upcoming years. Throughout her book we discuss our golden years and the care that we should be able to receive and how crucial it is for our personal wellbeing, independence, and securing our own futures. The 85 plus age group is one of the fastest growing demographics in the US and Poo talks about the possible solutions that need to be created in our infrastructure before we have an even bigger crisis on our hands. It’s a fact that the elderly baby boomers cohort is growing faster than we can care for them, this shows that we need to implement a new system that will be able to care and support our many elders in their life, and how we can do it with financial competency and dignity.

Thesis Statement People think that putting their loved ones in senior home centers or assisted living centers will benefit them due to the way they think they're going to be treated. When in reality most of the time it's not that way. Many are very unorganized,they abuse the elderly, and patients aren't getting the attention they need. Senior homes are meant to make the patients feel like they're at home.

The new eldercare service model must be one of inclusion. We can no longer afford to marginalize any group of seniors. –Author

The horrors found inside these marketed homes for the elderly are unbelievable and essentially horrifying. Berens states, “[T]he Times uncovered scores of cases in which elderly victims were imprisoned in their rooms, roped into their beds at night, strapped to chairs during the day so they wouldn’t wander off, drugged into submission or denied medical treatment for weeks” (24). Not only are these elderly victims being tricked, scammed, and completely cheated into getting put in these homes, but they are also being abused. Senior citizens are supposed to be respected, not treated like something less than human; even animals do not deserve to be treated the way the elderly in care homes are most of the time. To go further, Berens informs that an organization called A Place for Mom, a company that assists in finding your elderly loved one a wonderful home, “rakes in tens of millions of dollars a year. The Times found that the company’s referral list contained an adult home with more violations than any other home, a place where a woman had died of an untreated pressure sore”

We find that there are currently staffing shortages and the lack of long-term care facilities to compete with the growing number of senior citizen in our country (Williams, Nowak & Scoby, 2016). With these issues we find that each professional who assist within the field of geriatric care such as advocates and leadership, share a particular part in making a safe environment with adequate accommodations for seniors. There are differences in the leadership and advocacy perspective in senior care, but they both result in the common goal of a meaningful life for seniors daily.

When presented with the word “elderly,” a twenty-year-old might begin to think of the joys of retirement when an older person has spent their life building a comfortable bank account; they then get to reward themselves by journeying around the world with their near and most dear companion. When reality sets in, that person may realize that a lot of today’s elderly are living in nursing homes or living week-by-week not knowing if they are going to be able to leave their hospital bed just to go relax in their recliner at home. While it is true that some elderly enjoy their last twenty or thirty years on earth, a lot of the elderly in America are struggling to hang on to life while being abused every day by healthcare workers or even loved ones. While many people have been working endlessly to put a stop to elder abuse, not everyone can say the same.

As many of us know today Baby Boomers and some of Generation X’s are coming to the age of retirement. Many of them have learned that just finding a place for them to retire or a great nursing home difficult. Many times, we find out too late that the place we chose is not the place we would like to be. All too often the people don't care how they treat people or their belongings because the people or item don't belong to them. We may want to stay in a place that we built and know better, or where we raised our love ones. To many times we have to fight our loved ones to go somewhere like nursing homes, but this way everyone wins.

The elderly are our foundation and our youth are the building blocks to our nation. Some elderly have no medical problems, some are autistic, and many are handicapped. Nursing homes are a place where the elderly can live when

If your senior loved one requires assistance for senior living in McKinney, TX, Comfort Keepers is your answer. In addition to the standard services such as personal care, transportation, light housekeeping, laundry, companion care, etc., Comfort Keepers provides both common and proprietary technology services. While many of these services focus on safety, such as fall detectors and medication reminders, social media support is also an important component of senior care.

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.

In order to explore the individual experiences of an older adult in the United States, we conducted an interview of a 78-year-old white male living in Silver Spring, Maryland. Throughout this paper, the interviewee will be referred to as Edgar; this is not his real name. The interview was conducted in the home of one of the interviewers because it is close to Edgar’s home. Throughout the interview, we discussed Edgar’s personal experiences with ageism, the physical and psychological effects of aging, family and social supports in old age, and the transition from work to retirement. While his experiences with personal aging are similar to that of many other individuals his age, his experience as full-time male caregiver offers unique insight into an unofficial occupation dominated by women.