What Does Arlington Senior Care Offer

By Marissa Velazquez


If you are seeking Arlington senior care the best place to start looking is at a community center that caters to the older population. They can give you excellent information about what is available to you and where to find it. There are many different levels of support for the older population in every city and the real challenge is finding the one that is right for you.

In home non-medical assistance is the most common service available. The people who do this work are trained to help with household chores, do the shopping, run errands and the like. They are not qualified to do anything associated with medications, wound cleansing, or treatments that typically would be done by a specialist.

Many older adults attend an adult day center on a regular basis. The participants are not generally incapacitated but may have some mental health or physical impairment. The centers usually supply transportation to pick up the clients and bring them back home when the center closes. The center should have a social director who organizes activities for clients on a daily basis.

An attendant who lives in the home with the client is in charge of medical issues and trained to administer shots, medication, and other health issues their client may have. They do not always live at the residence but instead work eight hour shifts that cover times when the client is awake or alone. This person will generally need a nursing degree that entitles them to do the medical procedures.

Assisted living facilities are an alternative to the live in aide. There are twenty four hour attendants as well as physical therapists and nurses. As a rule these facilities are affiliated with at least one doctor and a hospital that is nearby. Here all of the ADL's or activities of daily living are taken care of and a schedule of social activities is available for all residents and guests.

There is usually a memory wing attached to the buildings of assisted living facilities. The residents, once established in the facility can age in place by changing levels of support as the need arises. The memory wing is a locked wing but there are hospice wings and temporary skilled nursing facilities as well that are not locked.

Hospice is the final level of support available to the older generation. Hospice is given to persons who have been diagnosed with less than six months left in their lives. Some hospice workers come to the home of the person who is suffering and others work in a facility that houses the cancer victims until they pass. Many times the worker that goes by the home is there as much for the family as for the victim. They both get a short period of respite.

Regardless of what level of assistance you may need Arlington senior care has the answer you are looking for. Financial assistance is available for most options from various Federal programs. Assistance is available from Medicare for medical assistance and HUD for housing options at subsidized rental rates.




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