When the Year Already Feels Like it’s Slipping Away from You While Caring for an Aging Parent, Assisted Living Offers Relief, even Short-Term

February 15, 2022 by ·

It may seem that New Years Day is already well behind you, fast fading into the rearview mirror of your life, along with any potential resolutions to improve your life. If you are a caregiver, looking after an aging family member, such as your mother or father, you might feel pressure, stress, and anxiety overwhelming you.

Throw into the mix the coronavirus omicron variant that has swept across the country, infecting more and more people, bringing mild to moderate symptoms along with it, and it is easy to feel as though nothing is going right. In reality, though, life doesn’t have to slip away with you, neither does the year.

Respite care assisted living can be the answer.

Assisted Living Mobile, AL: Finding Care Relief

Have you ever heard about respite care options at a local assisted living facility? Many people haven’t. In fact, the vast majority of Americans, when they hear about assisted living, assume it is a permanent and long-term care option for aging men and women.

In reality, many assisted living communities to offer respite care services. Now, as a family caregiver who is feeling as though the year is already getting away from you and the stress and pressure is overwhelming you, you may wonder whether it’s possible to get a break.

It is.

Respite care can mean a lot of different things too many different people and facilities. One assisted living facility may offer seniors an option to stay overnight. That means an elderly person might be supported by friends or family during the day, but at night things get a little tricky.

When this option is available, an aging senior can be dropped off at an assisted living facility to sleep there for those overnight hours. They may never need support and assistance from the staff members, but knowing they are simply a phone call away is comforting, often to more than just the aging senior.

Respite care can also mean daytime stays, meaning an aging senior can be dropped off in the morning, participate in various activities, congregate with other elderly residents, play games, enjoy entertainment, activities, and more and then return home in the late afternoon or evening hours.

Respite care could also mean a few days during the week. If an aging senior only needs support during the week, but has family or friends to help them over the weekends, this could be a great option.

Respite care could also mean for a short-term stay. This might be a week, several days in a row, a couple of weeks, or maybe even a month or two.

The best part about a quality assisted living community offering respite care services is that aging seniors can discover the benefits this form of senior care offers without a long-term commitment from the start. Many elderly men and women realize just how beneficial assisted living is and ultimately decide this is right for their future, including those family caregivers, like you, who may feel overwhelmed at the moment.

If you or an aging loved one are considering a move to an Assisted Living facility near Mobile, AL, contact Ashbury Manor Specialty Care and Assisted Living at 251-317-3017.

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About Cindy Johnson

Ashbury Manor’s Administrator since 2008, Cindy Johnson is a long-time expert in the assisted living field. Prior to her arrival at Ashbury Manor, Cindy managed acquisitions and crisis management for existing and new larger senior care project developments for eleven years. As regional manager for an Oregon-based assisted living management company, Cindy was directly responsible for operations for five 50-65 bed assisted living facilities. As manager during the transition to new ownership, Cindy reorganized internal operations and conducted leadership training for Executive Directors. As a result of her management and expertise, one of the company’s facilities (in Ocala, Florida) received a deficiency-free survey, resulting in the lifting of a moratorium on operation.

A nurse for 36 years, senior care has always been Cindy’s passion. Desiring to work more closely with residents, Cindy became a Category II Administrator in 2005. As Ashbury Manor’s Administrator, Cindy understands the complexities associated with dementia and cognitive impairment and she has fallen in love with seniors with dementia or cognitive impairment and their families.

Cindy is Treasurer of the local “Senior Coalition” chapter. She enjoys mentoring new candidates who want to become administrators.

As a 16-bed facility, with Cindy's training and experience, our residents and their families can be sure Ashbury Manor’s carefully selected staff provides the expertise of a larger facility while maintaining the individualized personal care of a small special needs home.
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