Home Care, Long-term Care, Memory Care Units, and Other Living Arrangements

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Housing, Safety, and Your Loved One with Alzheimer's Disease. Learn How To: Determine the most appropriate living situation for your loved one. Safeguard your loved one against common household hazards. Discuss driving limitations with your loved one. Prevent your loved one from wandering. Ensure your loved one takes their medications the right way. Determining the right living environment for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease is a challenge. Many people prefer to live at home following diagnosis, and this may be appropriate for a time. It will however, require you to address a number of safety issues. Even when these issues are adequately addressed, you must recognize the signs that it is time for a new living arrangement and answer some hard questions: Will home services benefit my loved one? Should my loved one move in with me? Is it time for a full-time care facility? Learn to balance your loved one's changing needs with your own in this concise, informative guide.