Do you want an easier lifestyle?
The following are some common benchmarks that may signal a time to consider a move to a senior living, senior apartments, or memory care facility in Eau Claire, Altoona, and Chippewa Falls. You may recognize only a few, or many may be of concern. The symptoms may be occasional or frequent. Only you can decide whether they are significant enough to make a change. If you need guidance, consult your doctor or an elder care professional. For more information, see our article on signs it might be time for assisted living.
ISOLATION AND LONELINESS
• Loss of peer support systems
• Withdrawal from social events, friends family
• Excessive sleep or abnormal daily schedule
• Depression
• Inadequate social stimulation
• Fear and insecurity when alone
• Depleted or insufficient caregiver resources (family, neighbors, friends, paid help)
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
- Lack of interest in personal appearance/hygiene
- Difficulty showering or bathing
- Difficulty managing laundry
- Disinterest in general personal health care measures (taking medication correctly, managing a diet, reporting symptoms accurately, following doctor’s orders)
- Repeated illnesses
- Difficulty coping with illness
- Difficulty completing grooming, hygiene or dressing tasks
- Health conditions need daily or frequent monitoring and management
- Difficulty with toileting or incontinence
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
- Frequent falls or other injuries at home
- Difficulty summoning assistance
- Difficulty recognizing and/or managing dangerous situations
- Difficulty with unusual household chores, handyman and outdoor maintenance tasks
- Unsafe food handling
- Difficulty with stairs
- Unsafe electrical appliance use
- Impaired mobility and/or senses, resulting in safety concerns
- Unable to leave home unassisted
MEDICATION SAFETY
- Confusion about medication schedules
- Confusion about medication purposes
- Medication doses are missed
- Too many doses of medication are taken
- Non-prescription medications are misused
- Bottle labels cannot read
- Medication doses and types are self-adjusted without doctor’s orders
- Difficulty managing pharmacy contacts to fill and refill medication
NUTRITION
- Reliance on pre-packaged foods/snacks for meals
- Reliance on one meal to last the entire day
- Unable to get groceries independently
- Difficulty using or fear of stove and/or oven
- Difficulty planning and preparing a meal
- On the “Cheerio Diet” – main course is cereal
- Dehydration
- Changes in appetite or weight, such as weight loss
COGNITIVE FUNCTION
- Difficulty making decisions
- Disorientation of time, person or place
- Difficulty managing day-to-day responsibilities
- Excessive reliance on family or friends
- Diminished interest in hobbies or activities that have previously been enjoyed
- Anxiety and aggression
- Compromised judgement skills
- Frequent need for cues, prompts and reminders
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Dean Mathwig
715-944-6677