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Choosing the right care home to suit your personal needs is essential to your happiness. This is why you should seek care home advice when making this major decision. You may just need day-to-day personal care assistance, for example, washing, dressing, feeding, help getting to the toilet and moving around. Alternatively, you may need a nursing care home or a …
Retirement has a different meaning than it did years ago… The word ‘retirement’ doesn’t mean what it used to. Retirement is no longer all about doing nothing and having relaxation forced upon one. It’s not about retiring from society and becoming insular, losing a sense of self-worth. It’s not about going off somewhere quiet – to die …
Are you responsible for helping a loved one move into a nursing home? Fear not, Senior Service is here to help you make your loved one’s move a pleasant one… Here are some tips to help you avoid the most common nursing home decorating mistakes Make the room in the nursing home as inviting and as homelike …
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Assisted Living Assisted living communities are for persons who need help with daily living activities but do not require nursing home care. Typically they provide help with meals, bathing, dressing, housekeeping, and other needs. Services are either included in the rent or provided at an extra charge. Assisted Living Facilities Are for you if: …
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Nursing homes are facilities for seniors in need of 24-hour care. They also provide many of the care options offered in other senior communities such as room and board, personal care, protection, supervision and certain types of therapy. Typically, nursing care falls into three levels of care: 1. Basic care is required to maintain a person’s …
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Entrusting a loved one to an old age home is not easy. But if you do your homework well, it will make your decision much easier. Have a look at these four main things to consider in an old age home. Who works at the old age home? An old age home will need an administrator …
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The type of care that is best for you will depend on your individual circumstances. You might need help because you have had a fall or a stroke or perhaps you’ve been in hospital, or you can no longer live independently. To find out what sort of care you need, you can ask your local council …
Otis Elevator Company is helping give the Thembalami Frail Care Centre a lift. The Rand Aid Association-run frail care centre looks after senior citizens who are largely unable to climb and descend stairs. Unfortunately, Thembalami’s two passenger and one laundry lift frequently malfunction, making it extremely difficult for the residents to get around the home. …
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Charlene van Zyl is an Occupational Therapist at Rand Aid-run Ron Smith Frail Care Centre. She’s an advocate of the centre’s philosophy for personalised care. Bringing a touch of home to the frail care centre residents The centre has hung noticeboards on the door of each resident’s room in the dementia ward. This way, family members can place photos of …
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It is heartbreaking to see a person in their golden years unable to find a secure, caring retirement village to live. This is the view of Rae Brown, CEO of non-profit organisation Rand Aid, which has a number of retirement villages, a care centre for indigent, frail senior citizens as well as a substance abuse treatment centre …
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