How To Know When It’s Time To Consider A Senior Home

How To Know When It’s Time To Consider A Senior Home

Families often hesitate to find their senior loved one a place in a senior community living space. They worry that stepping out of the role of caregiver and giving that responsibility to someone else makes them a bad or neglectful child, partner, or friend. They worry that their ageing loved one won’t be cared for properly, that they will feel abandoned or that their relationship will be hurt. 

Here is what we believe. 

As a loved one, you can do a lot to care for your senior loved one at home—but you can’t do it all. When their needs are more than you can manage and their quality of life is heading in the wrong direction, it’s time to consider finding them a spot in a trusted senior living space like Bob’s Place. Let’s look at four ways you will know it’s time to consider a senior home for your loved one.

4 Ways You Will Know When It Is Time To Consider A Senior Community Living Space For Your Loved One.

ONE. Your loved one’s care needs are more than you can manage.

Medications, blood sugar monitoring, injections, physio. As your loved one ages, their needs can become complex. The stress of keeping everything organized and on schedule and the fear of making a mistake can really start to wear you down. Before that happens, it is time to consider placing your loved one at Bob’s Place—a senior respite space staffed with caring and qualified caregivers who have systems and processes to manage your loved one’s care. 

TWO. Your senior loved one is lonely, depressed or feeling isolated.

You love your senior parent, spouse, or family member but you cannot be there for them all the time. You have work, family, and community responsibilities to manage in addition to their care and there just aren’t enough hours in the day. You do your best to arrange company and visits with friends, but if that isn’t enough and you notice your senior loved one’s mood and mental health and starting to decline, it’s time to consider a senior community space where they can enjoy being somewhere where there are peers to connect with, activities and programming to keep them entertained and caregivers to support their mental and emotional health. 

THREE: Your senior loved one is no longer safe at home. 

Seniors with dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease can become confused and distressed when their memory lapses. In that state, they risk trips and falls as well as wandering away from home unaccompanied. This can be alarming for you and the rest of your family and is unsafe for them. When your senior loved one requires 24/7 care, placing them in a senior living space is a loving choice.

Seniors with limited mobility due to age, arthritis or injury may also need round-the-clock care and companionship to keep them safe. When your senior loved one can no longer manage stairs, needs assistance to bathe, dress and toilet themselves, and struggles to feed themselves without help, it is not safe for them to age in place at home. Bob’s Place is a senior living space designed to meet residents’ needs at every stage of life. Equipped with automated chair lifts, designed with an accessible layout and staffed by caring and qualified RNs and PSWs, Bob’s Place keeps seniors safe. 

FOUR. Your role as a caregiver has grown so much that you are no longer able to show up as the loved one, and it is damaging your relationship.

Loved ones feel an enormous amount of guilt about making the choice to place a senior family member in a community living space. At Purple House Services, we believe that sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself and your cherished senior is to go back to being the loved one and let a team of professionals step into the role of caregiver. As your senior parent, partner or family member gets older, you should be able to cherish that time and focus on making them feel valued and loved instead of worrying about medications and schedules. When taking care of your senior loved one starts to feel heavy, and like it is compromising your relationship, it is time to consider a senior community living space.

Bob’s Place is a senior community living space that feels like a home away from home.

At Bob’s Place, we believe your loved one deserves high-quality care delivered by professional, compassionate caregivers—without sacrificing their independence and the chance at being part of a community. We designed Bob’s Place to be different from other senior care spaces so that you can feel good about considering a senior living space for your senior loved one. Visitors and residents at Bob’s Place enjoy spacious accommodations, engaging activities, and the support of a team of PSWs and registered staff. It is our goal to provide residents with a supportive and enriching environment where they can thrive and a comfortable, community atmosphere that feels like a home away from home.

Designed To Be Different

Bob’s Place is a 10-room, secure respite care community space in Kawartha Lakes. Our exceptional team of RNs and PSWs are here 24/7 and have the skills and experience needed to care for senior residents with a wide range of needs, including dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and those recovering from stroke.

You can see the care we take with the people we support in the way

• Our skilled, experienced and compassionate PSWs and registered staff build real relationships with the people in their care. 

• We build personalized care plans for our senior residents to ensure their needs and preferences are factored into every decision.

• Our kitchen team prepares nutritious food tailored to each senior’s dietary needs. 

• Our team approaches every situation with compassion and patience.

• We maintain a clean and orderly building, inside and out. 

• The cozy, welcoming atmosphere our team cultivates every day. 

• The smile on your loved one’s face when you drop in to visit them. 

When the care your senior loved one needs is more than you can manage, you can trust the Purple House Services caregivers at Bob’s Place to step into the role of caregiver and ensure your elderly parent, partner or family member is cared for like family. 

Is it time to consider a senior community living space for your loved one in Kawartha Lakes?

You want the best for your senior loved one, and so do we. Whether your loved one’s care needs have changed, their safety is at risk, their mental health is declining, or you are ready to step out of the role of caregiver and back into the role of loved one for the sake of your relationship, it’s time to consider finding them a spot in a senior community living space. 

If you are looking for a respite care space for your loved one that is staffed by a team of qualified, compassionate caregivers and feels like a home away from home, call (705) 320-9583 today and learn more about Bob’s Place. When extra support is needed, Bob’s Place is just a call away.