Brooklyn Assisted Living Homes vary from home to home.  

Some Assisted Living Homes Brooklyn, Communities have a memory care floor. Memory care is needed if a home is going to serve people who have some form of dementia. There are also multiple levels of care to consider. Usually if someone needs to be in a secure area, memory care area, they’ll most likely need the highest level of care. The reason for this is a person with dementia will most likely have many abilities of daily living, they’re unable to take care of on their own. The more abilities of daily living a person can’t perform on their own, the more expensive care will be.

A basic plan for somewhat independent living might include meals and laundry.

However, that doesn’t mean you can have anything you want for meals. If organic food, is important, this should be part of the list of thing they are looking for. Well that will depend on the community. Some communities might have organic food or grass fed beef as an option and some assisted living Homes Brooklyn based might not have an option for organic food.

At Golden Maturity we deal with our clients, in a fashion we refer to as white glove. White glove service provides is a lot of assistance and care for a client and or their family. When it comes to figuring out which community works for them, you need to take the time to tour the community. Currently this can be done virtually and then when you get closer to a decision and in person tour would be best. Having worked with many families, I know there are things that you just don’t think of. This is why it is so important you work with someone who has the knowledge and experience to make this journey a smooth one.

If you don’t need much assistance now however, yet you expect to need more individualized assistance down the road, then you should take this into consideration. Moving from community to community can be a traumatic experience. While it might seem like it may not matter where the person is if they have dementia, this would not be true. Even if someone has dementia, they still have routines that they are assisted with. Residents develop routines. Little things like in the same seat for meals, builds familiarity. Developing a routine and feeling comfortable is very important. Maybe the same people sit at a particular table for a meal. The comfort in this is immense.

Moving someone from home to home just is not a good idea. It is much better to take more time in the beginning to look into a community and to make sure they’re a good match for the client. You must do the research to make sure the Brooklyn Assisted Living Homes you spend your time looking at can actually provide the amenities and care you loved one needs.

What types of Assisted Livings are out there

At this time there are several assisted living homes in Brooklyn NY. Many of them have 100 plus beds and feel like a resort. Some have entire floors devoted to memory care. One of the biggest misconceptions of a memory care floor is this is the place where they lock people up. There are systems in place to alert the staff if someone who needs attention is trying to exit the area. Exits aren’t permanently locked. These floors usually have codes to enter. This protects residents from unauthorized people entering the community. Usually alarms will go off if a client of a memory floor tries to exit without putting a keypad code.

Some Brooklyn Assisted Living Homes, contain an elevator.

If there are clients with dementia, a keypad for code entry might be present. It’s all about the safety of the client without imposing any kind of physical restraint and if you want safety look for this.

If you’re the son or daughter of the perspective resident and you want to visit on a regular basis. and you live far away, you might not visit as frequently. You need to figure out who’s going to visit and how often they intend to visit. Should the home be somewhere near where the family lives? Maybe a person is somewhat independent and they want to be near friends. Yikes, lots to consider.

Assisted Living Homes are not necessarily a CCRM, Continuing Care Retirement Community.

A continuing care retirement community is a place where someone usually moves in at an independent level. Many require a substantial investment. The monthly maintenance might change significantly if more than one person is living in the unit. Sometimes a person can get back a portion of the initial investment, when they’ve moved out. A person starting with an independent unit may find themselves in need of assistance and in some cases they can stay in the same unit and receive help. Eventually a nursing care facility may be needed and a CCRC will make this a much easier transition. Without an increase in the monthly cost for care, a resident can move to a nursing unit.

Most CCRCs have are affiliated with a hospital.

As you can see there is plenty to think about when looking at Brooklyn Assisted Living Homes, therefore another thing to look at is the activities that a community offers. Are all activities on the premises, or do they offer a bus and maybe day trips?

DFTA, The Department For the Aging in NYC has many resources to help seniors.

HRA, Human Resources Administration can help with people who may need long term care and can’t afford it.

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