Remember my article about my future plans? About living on my own and without asking much helps from my offspring? Well, in one of blog hopping activity, I learned about assisted living communities. Assisted living community is a place for people that needs assistance in their daily activities or which is known as ADL/ Activity for Daily Living. These are people who needs help but still wants to love life independently.
In assisted living facilities, they offer help with ADLs such as bathing, dressing and eating. They also give out help on doing the laundry, housekeeping and medications. The care given in assisted living is not as intensive as it is in the nursing home. Each individual resident that enrolls in assisted living are given a unique service plan. The service plan detailed the needs of the resident. The plan is also upgraded regularly as to meet the needs of the resident.
There is a big difference between nursing home and senior independent living. As we all know, in nursing homes, the residents are mostly frail and needs to be taken care of. They have greater needs and they cannot take care of themselves. Unlike in assisted living, the residents here are those who can manage simple activities such as walking on their own.
Maybe if hubby and I are older, we might consider living in in this kind of community as I learned that on average, there are 20 to 23 residents in each community. That would be a good number to socialize with, don’t you think?
Genejosh says
February 16, 2010 at 5:30 ammeron na bang ganyan marce sa Pinas? I still opt to take care of my parents personally with the aid of some helpers if time comes na matanda na talaga parents ko…
Sherry says
February 24, 2010 at 5:44 ameveryone need future plan, I would think of one if it not involve money but everything does. 🙁 we live in city we need money to live
redamethyst says
March 9, 2010 at 8:42 amsounds good. is it available in the Philippines? saya siguro makipagsocialize dyan.
redamethyst says
March 9, 2010 at 8:43 amsaka masarap un future plan na you will live na parang laging nakabakasyon. :D:D
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:31 amwith money you can plan everything
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:31 amI know its good to plan for future. I always hope I can make more money but I know my limitation
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:33 amI will be interested in senior one when I am older
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:33 ammy mom is in nursing home but its not like facility in US 🙁
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:34 amas my grandma she in old folks home because uncle need take care himself now.
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:35 amwe need such service here, better one as current not good enough
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:35 amyeah 20 to 30 sound good enough, know some place with over 60! 🙁
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:36 amhere they use helper to care the old folks
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:37 ammy grandma is single mom. I feel sad she is at old folk home
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:37 amthey should hire nurse, I even ask my dad why not my mom siblings share money and hire nurse to care grandma. but it seem everyone selfish 🙁
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:39 ammy dad no hire helper to care my mom. as my mom always think too much
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:42 amsome nursing home with van bring them out shopping 😀
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:42 amgood idea peh, small community is good so if there is van can just go for shopping 😀
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:54 amabout plan my friend already purchase grave yard so she say her daughter no need to worry of it.
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:58 amwith blurry vision and hearing problem. she only keep saying she wants go home. but she dont know her son sold the house ;(
Sherry says
March 18, 2010 at 8:58 amyeah old folks are weak, my grandma is now cannot listen any more ;(