Chicago Senior Living Advisors Blog
“Delaying a loved one’s move to a long term care community might not be a good decision in the long run.”
The decision to move a senior to an assisted living community or nursing home can be an unpleasant experience. Because our parents took care of us, it is a decision laden with guilt. Children often enter a state of denial with thinking the parent is “doing just fine.” Reality may be the opposite situation. Deferring the decision seems to be a good short-term decision; but, in actuality, it may be placing the loved one’s health and finances in jeopardy. It never hurts to do some thinking or pre-planning about what may happen down the road.
While I’m not an advocate of moving a senior before they are ready, let me share some experiences that I’ve encountered with my clients: