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Transitioning Parents to Assisted Living your parent and a relief to you.
Moving a parent, or parents, into an assisted living community can be an emotional experience for everyone involved; however, it can also be an exciting new chapter in the life of your loved one. In order to properly navigate these feelings during such a transitional time, here are a few strategies to keep in mind when helping your senior parent move into a new living situation.
Introduce Your Parent to Our Welcoming Assisted Living Community
For an easy transition into assisted living in the Central Florida area, consider Encore at Avalon Park. Our afraid to speak up. Dis- community provides setbacks will happen, and your parent might creetly resolving your access to recreationparent’s wishes could al and social activiwant to come home. help them feel more at ties and comfortable Hearing your parent home. express these feelings accommodations to could be extremely remind your senior Finally, encourage exdiscomforting. Howevloved one of home. How to Transition er, home is more than tended family to visit. Contact Encore at Parents to Assisted Since you may be dojust a physical place. Avalon Park to see for Living Communities ing a lot of the work Be ready to anticipate yourself why we’re • Take Your Time – on your own, it can these moments so you your premier senior Experts agree it takes be overwhelming at living solution. To three-to-six months for can both come to an times. Having other understanding and schedule a tour, give someone to adjust to family members visit quickly resolve any isus a call today at 407assisted living. Once when you can’t will be sues that arise. If your 270-7500. your parent is moved a welcome surprise to parent says they’re in, decide how frehomesick, talk about quently you want to visit. Some experts say what they miss. Acvisiting as often as pos- knowledging the diffisible is best as frequent culties of transitioning to assisted living helps visits help to ease the your parent feel seen stress of adjusting to and heard, which, in a new home and can lessen feelings of lone- turn, makes them feel appreciated. liness. However, if your parent is simply waiting around for you to show up and not engaging and interacting in his or her community, then it might be best to take a break. Creating a dependency on you might not be healthy when your parents could be socializing with other residents. Set boundaries and expectations so your parent knows exactly when you’re visiting, and when you’re not. • Embrace the Discomfort – Sometimes
• Build Your Care Team – The staff at your parent’s assisted living community are there to serve both your parent and you. Making the staff aware of your parent’s concerns allows problems to be solved quicker. Let the care team know what your parent needs, because you can’t always assume they know everything that’s going on. Don’t be afraid to also be an advocate on your parent’s behalf. Your parent may want something done for them, but may be
