Care

Adult children may come home and notice that Mom seems less steady on her feet than she did a few months ago. A relative who insists throughout the year that everything is fine may be losing weight or seem more distant at Thanksgiving or Christmas celebrations. For many, this becomes the season when a difficult question begins to take shape: is it time to consider aged care in a retirement community?

While all the life happenings do contribute to how you see the world, I want to stress—you are not your diagnosis. This is important to remember in every life stage but particularly during a life change like moving into a senior living community or living with a medical diagnosis, like dementia. That’s where a knowledgeable, compassionate care team who sees the residents for who they are, not their chart, is especially important.