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| − | Personal Care Homes - A Better Option to Nursing Homes
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| − | In lots of families there comes a period when the elderly need to move out of the home and right into a long-term care facility. This transition time that it is generally a hard time, sometimes even traumatic for the entire family. However, with understanding, help and planning, the uncertainty of entering and adapting to a life in long term facility could be greatly minimized.
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| − | To make the move easier for your loved ones you must plan in advance and when possible, allow the resident to become involved with selecting a long-term care facility. Depending on the condition from the resident, there might be different choices when choosing a nursing facility. The most typical kind of facilities are nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and personal care homes or residential care homes. Most people have heard about nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. However, personal care homes are not as popular even though they are a great option to nursing facilities.
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| − | In the following paragraphs I would like to give you an introduction to a personal care home as well as let you know concerning the benefits you're going to get when considering this kind of long-term option.
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| − | An individual Care Home is an ideal environment for residents who don't want to live in a sizable community this type of elderly care and prefer a homelike setting. It is very tough for the loved ones to be taken off their house and put into an elderly care facility. A proceed to a residential care home is easier since the homelike setting is very similar to their home.
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| − | • The price of a Personal Care Home is about half the price of an elderly care facility.
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| − | • Your loved ones get a better quality care. Inside a typical Home in Georgia, the number of residents is all about 3-6. The amount of residents per caregiver is much smaller meaning the residents are better looked after.
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| − | • Inside a Personal Care Home your loved ones feel like home. They do whatever they want every time they want. They have a more relaxed schedule that meets their needs and desires. In a homelike setting there is a a lot more quiet time which is extremely important for them within this stage in life.
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| − | • A Residential Care Home provide all of the necessary services for the family members, services such as: three meals per day and snacks, laundry services, housekeeping, utilities and transportation, assistance with medication and private care.
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| − | A Residential Care Home may be the perfect long-term care facility for your family members. You get better take care of a very affordable fee, often times just 1 / 2 of the fee charged by nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.
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