Blog - Assisted Living
7 Tips For Finding An Anti-Racist Long-Term Care Facility
Finding the perfect long-term care facility for a loved one can be very stressful, especially if they are an ethnic/racial minority. Studies have shown that elderly residents from different racial backgrounds experience a much lower quality of life compared to white residents in the same communities. Additionally, most minority groups…
Vaccine Clinic Dates for Local Assisted Living Facilities in California
Please refer to the chart below for Vaccine Clinic Dates Vaccines in the United States must go through a 3-stage clinical trial process that ensures the vaccine is safe to use and has high efficacy. This process usually takes 10-15 years to complete, but the COVID-19 vaccine received emergency…
Does My Aging Parent Need Senior Care?
As you get older, so do your parents. While they may have a strong desire to remain independent, you might start noticing signs that they could benefit from senior care help. Perhaps they’re having trouble getting around or maybe they experienced an injury due to a fall. Whatever the circumstances,…
Senior Care: Choosing The Right Home
As children grow into adults, it is normal for parents to need additional help as they age. When the caretaking role reverses, parents transition from taking care of their children to their adult children caring for them. Both senior parents and adult children face the challenges that come with this…
Assisted Living on a Budget: Costs and Expenses
Expenses and Cost Structure Different assisted living facilities have different ways of billing and structuring their costs. In many cases, you may have a “menu-style”setup, where residents can pay individually for services they need, while omitting things they don’t need. Some facilities charge monthly, like rent. Others have a “buy-in”…
What Is a Senior Independent Living Community?
As you get older, you may find yourself wanting to make some changes in your living situation and lifestyle. For many people, this can mean downsizing to a smaller home with lower maintenance needs and lower overall costs. There are also options for assisted living, for seniors who are experiencing…
Medicare Coverage and Assisted Living
More seniors than not end up needing long-term care by the age of 65 and up whether that care comes from assisted living or nursing homes. Nursing homes are good for individuals that need active monitoring and have medical issues whereas assisted living is designed to provide custodial care while…
How Much Money Do I Need For Assisted Living?
Many seniors are eventually no longer able to live completely independently, due to physical or neurological health issues that make everyday tasks a little harder than they used to be. As you get older, it’s important to start making sure you’re prepared to make this transition when you need to….
Elder Abuse: What You Need to Know
As we age, we can lose a lot of the independence we enjoyed when we were younger. Physical and mental disabilities can make it hard to live alone, meaning we need help and care from others — whether it’s friends and family, or staff at an assisted living facility or…
Is Your Senior Center Safe?
Senior centers are essential to the senior community’s ability to thrive and enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle. These centers provide many recreational activities, events, and classes for the enjoyment of its senior members. Many senior centers are either government funded by the city or state, or locally funded by the…
