Living In Assisted Living
In a typical Assisted Living community each resident has their own private apartment. Some communities offer a companion suite option.
Assisted Living communities offers meals, housekeeping and social activities. Depending upon their personality and preferences, each resident is encouraged to be active and to interact with other residents on a daily basis. Because some people are more private and less social, the community will respect the individual preferences of each resident. Private people still have interaction with other residents and staff during the course of the day. Most certainly, meal times are a social time.
Planned activities are organized in all assisted living communities. These activities are designed to stimulate mind, body, and spirit. Residents are encouraged to participate, with a concerted effort to engage them in small or large groups through various types of activities.
As a society, we tend to be private and somewhat unsocial at times. Before someone moves into assisted living, it’s quite likely that they had spent most of their time alone or with their partner. They may have planned times to be social, and they may have spent time out in the community, attending events or simply grocery shopping. By and large, though, as people age, their world becomes “smaller.” People are less active, and tend to have interest in shorter periods of interaction and activity.
Assisted Living providers are aware of this situation. They do offer various types of activities, and they create ways to develop impromptu and unplanned interactions with residents and staff. At the core of assisted living are the concepts of choice and privacy.
The preferences of older adults may not mirror the preferences and wishes of their adult children. Adult children may want their parents to be more engaged and entertained. The assisted living provider has conversations with the residents regarding their personal preferences, and they plan and meet the needs of the older adults they serve.
For the most part, assisted living is like an apartment complex. People have the privacy of their own living space. The benefit of assisted living is that chores such as grocery shopping, meal preparation and cleaning are no longer necessary, giving resident’s time to focus on the things they most enjoy, whatever that may be.
This living arrangement meets the needs of a wide variety of people. Outgoing people love it, because they always have something to do. Private people enjoy it, because they know they have the privacy of their own apartment, but people or friends are just a doorstep away. And, in assisted living, there is activity to be viewed without having to participate. In other words, shy individuals enjoy the opportunity to observe activities and events in a way that allows them to feel part of the community, without feeling forced to participate.
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