Home or Specialized Care for Dementia Care
Evaluating Living Options for Loved One with Dementia
When caring for a loved one with dementia, many families eventually ask: Do dementia patients do better at home or in a specialized care community? It’s a significant decision and understanding the advantages of both options can help you make the best choice for your family.
The Advantages of Specialized Memory Care
Specialized memory care communities offer unique advantages specifically designed to enhance the quality of life for individuals with cognitive impairments. These communities prioritize maintaining safety, dignity, and independence. Residents often experience improved mood and enhanced cognitive function through structured engagement. According to the National Library of Medicine, seniors with dementia who reside in a memory care community have a reduced risk of hospitalization.
Additional benefits for individuals in specialized memory care include:
- Social opportunities to reduce loneliness
- Structured routines
- Secure environments that prevent wandering
- Specialized staff training to respond to memory-related challenges
- Activities designed to improve cognitive function
Avalon Memory Care focuses solely on memory care, emphasizing quality of life through an individualized, flexible, and compassionate care system. Our approach aims to reduce medications, increase well-being, and promote autonomy.
The Comforts of Home for Seniors with Dementia
Keeping a loved one with dementia at home offers familiar surroundings and routines, which can be comforting and reduce agitation. Being surrounded by family treasures and memories in a private room within a home-like setting can help maintain a sense of normalcy as their condition progresses. This familiar living environment allows those with dementia to live as normally as possible as their condition progresses.
How to Bring the Comfort of Home to Your Loved One’s Memory Care Community
Looking to give your loved one the best of both options? You can help set your loved one up to enjoy a home-like setting while having 24/7 access to specialized care. Here’s how to choose a community that offers expert care and the comfort and familiarity of home:
- When touring memory care communities, take note of the feel of the community. Does it feel like a facility or is it homey? Avalon Memory Care communities are designed to create a warm and inviting atmosphere that fosters a “family feeling” among residents, aiming to eliminate loneliness and isolation. All Avalon Memory Care locations are spacious, ranch-style homes with private rooms.
- Once you’ve decided on a memory care community, create a packing list of your loved one’s most cherished things. Bring favorite blankets, art, and pictures of family members to decorate their apartment or room with familiar and comforting items.
- Visit your loved one often. Often the reason home feels so special is the moments they’ve enjoyed with the people they love there. Visiting your loved one in their new home will make the adjustment much smoother and reinforce that sense of family and belonging.
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