Traditional care homes involve a level of independent or dependent care in an environment that houses seniors within a facility. These homes often entail self-contained units in which the senior has access to care from professionals as well as access to meal plans and other amenities.
As an alternative to care homes, in home care providers can give the care the client requires and the assistance with dressing, bathing, eating and cooking while assisting the senior in running errands, while they reside in their own home.
Although traditional care homes provide constant, round-the-clock care to patients and clients from nurses and other health care professionals for a variety of reasons, they can often be detrimental to the health of the patient and can lead to depression and other illnesses due the environment they are in.
Here are some the drawbacks of traditional care homes, in which seniors live together with constant supervision of health care professionals:
- Stability is an important part of maintaining cognitive ability through age. Stability can be provided with access to a home in which the senior is familiar and has triggers within the home that can help to link the senior with his or her memories. In care homes, these triggers are often reduced to a few personal belongings.
- The ratio of care providers to clients in a care home is low, in comparison to the one-on-one care that can be provided in home through the use of a caregiver program, such as the ones provided by Advanta Home Care.
- Care homes can lead to depression and anxiety as the client is removed and separated from everything they know, as well as their family members. When a client makes the move to a care home, the visits from family members and other members of their support group often decline. For this reason, many families try to avoid using a care home for as long as possible to ensure the continued good health of the senior.
- Although there are multiple activities available for seniors in care homes, the desire to participate in such activities is often lacking. When the senior remains at home and is cared for through a personal support network with a caregiver and companion, the caregiver can motivate the client – whereas members of the staff of the care home are often preoccupied with other matters and other residents within the facility.
If you don’t think that a care home is the right option for your family member or friend and you live in the areas surrounding San Diego, El Cajon and La Mesa then please get in touch with us for some more information.
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