99216 Resource 95422 95276 95465 1123462044874 1123594484026 Controlled "Aging in Place" is the best solution for seniors and long term caregiving

Seniors in general do not have a quality life in current assisted living centers.

<p>Aging in place can make your mother or father the happiest they can be. When you were a child wasn't home comforting? Doesn't home make you smile with memories? </p><p>In my opinion, living at home for as long as you can will make life as good as it can be.</p><p>I love my Aunt Tillie who is now 90 and not talking to me. </p><p>She sounded different since the spate of hurricanes that wracked Florida in 2004. When she was caught without electricity and air conditioning for a week, I heard her sink into depression. She was so far away.</p><p>January 2005 my friend Ellen and I traveled to West Palm Beach, FL to visit with my aunt and celebrate her 90th birthday. </p><p>We had a wonderful time. Aunt Tillie went from a depressed, unsmiling person the first day, to a jubilant smiling joking feisty young 90 year old. We had a great time.</p><p>I found that she was living in a beautiful assisted living center that she had transferred to from the same complexes retirement center.</p><p>The people were nice, the place was clean and lovely...and Aunt Tillie hated it. She missed home.</p><p>Six months later, for no apparent reason, I can't even get a response from by beloved Aunt Tillie. Did she get too happy when I was there causing a depression later? I don't know the answer.</p><p>The moral to the story:</p><p>If there is anyway possible to help your parents stay in their own homes, with familiar surroundings, aging can be a more pleasant experience.</p><p>Make them smile the best they can.</p> 10 application/xml false aging in place assisted living centers depressed familiar surroundings long term caregiving retirement center seniors Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 2.8) 12.202.146.52 12.202.146.52 eciceron false true false false true 205857 false false true false false false true 95422 blog blogsite/SeniorSafety/web