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| Creating confident, secure lifestyle
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senior care concerns & FAQs |
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Key Benefits: |
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- Provide a confidential resource.
- Discuss current circumstances.
- Introduce new options as questions and answers are
explored.
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Typical questions you may be asking yourself
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- How can we get help so we
can take a trip to the mountains for 2 days? We need
someone to stay at home with Dad.
- What is the difference between board-and-care and
assisted living?
- My mother isn’t eating well at home. Does that
mean she has to move?
- My mother cannot tell me what her doctor said. Can
a care manager go with her to the next appointment?
- My Dad has trouble remembering when to go to his doctor’s
appointment. Can a care manager help?
- My mother has some trouble reading her newspaper.
Is there a device that might help her read?
- My parents cannot take their medications properly.
What can we do about that?
- Dad is having trouble while driving; he tends to get
lost more easily. Are we at the point where we MUST
take away his car? How do we do that?
- If we take away the car, how can my dad get his groceries
and get to his church?
- Is there someone who can test my mother’s driving
skills and reflexes?
- My mother is falling a lot. Could she get tested by
someone? How can we prevent the falls?
- What happens if my mother falls and she can’t
get to the phone?
- Who can put grab bars in my father’s bathroom?
- My sister-in-law thinks she knows everything my mother
needs. Could you see if my mother is safe at my sister’s
house?
- How do we get rid of too many things in our parent’s
house so they can down-size?
- My mother says she can’t see, but she notices
odd pieces of material on our carpet? Does she really
have macular degeneration?
- I heard the government will pay for my mom to live
in assisted living. Is that true?
- My parents have important papers scattered all over
their apartment. They won’t let me help organize
them. Can a care manager do that?
- What is an assessment, and what will I learn about
my mother? Why do I need one?
- My parent’s house used to be very clean. Now
every time I go there I see more and more dirt, soiled
food in the refrigerator, and dirty carpets. What should
I do?
- My father keeps telling me the same stories all of
the time. Does that mean he has dementia?
- What is the difference between Alzheimer and dementia?
- Why can my mother play the piano, but she doesn’t
know her own address or her physician’s name.
Does she have Alzheimer’s?
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Testimonials
‘Thanks
again for your help. My mother prides herself on
her independence, so it makes things difficult sometimes.
You’re a very good professional to understand
all that.” Family
member
"This has been a great service."
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