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The Right Housing For Independent Seniors
REVERSE MORTGAGES How to use a reverse mortgage to stay in your own home: http://www.ncoa.org/content.cfm?sectionID=321&detail=1795 HOME DESIGN The AARP will help you find contractors who can remodel your home so that you can “age in place.” And they have Design for Living awards for “forward-looking companies that have constructed creative and unique homes and communities with accessible features.” If you’re not up for either of these situations, they’ll tell you how to make your bathtub safer! http://www.aarp.org/families/home_design/ STAYING OUT OF THE NURSING HOME How many elderly men and women - mostly women - have been hauled off protesting to nursing homes? Their concerned children worry about Mom living alone. She might have a stroke or a fall and lie helpless and in pain for hours, maybe days. They may have tried one of those pendants she can press to call for help, but Mom thinks it’s a nuisance, and she forgets to wear it. Well, now you can find home systems that monitor seniors in their own homes, and they don’t have to wear anything or remember anything. The cost is also much less than that of a nursing home or independent living facility. These home monitoring systems are, in fact, the wave of the future, and they'll enable many elderly people to live in their own homes until they really do need daily help. Below is an overview article describing some of these programs. We can be sure that more are on the way. And two more articles:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/ http://www.biztimes.com/news/2006/3/31/an-elderly-answer Plus it seems that home motion sensors can help detect the early stages of dementia:
http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Alzheimers/ If you'd like to research the latest developments in this cutting-edge topic, put the following into the Google search box: motion monitoring +elderly. (The +elderly, with no space after the +, cools Google's passion for motion monitoring of earthquakes and burglars.) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES The AARP has a seminar on assisted living facilities: how to decide if that’s the right choice, and how to pick the right one.
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