When Is It Time to Move to an Independent Living Community?
Independent Living is often the first-step into Senior Living. Like the name says, they are generally pretty independent but may need a little help from time-to-time.
There is full-time care, but just on an “as-needed” basis
Your mom or dad may be acting a little different and you have noticed it more frequently.
If you are thinking something may be up. You may want to
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When Moving to a Independent Living Community May Make Sense
Independent living makes sense when the home becomes more responsibility than benefit.
What Families Usually Notice First
This is the very beginning of your mom or dad’s issues.
It wouldn’t be a cause for concern if they were 20 years younger, but you may notice.
Home maintenance slipping
Less social activity
Unused rooms
Daily life feels smaller
The time is right now to
Signs It May Be Time to Consider a Move
Families needing to move to a Memory Care Community with whom I’ve worked have noticed a progression in things like…
Deferred maintenance where they normally would be on top of everything in the home.
Isolation from people they were once close to, including family.
Personality changes have become more noticeable, especially in social settings.
Desire for Simpler Living by giving things away, constantly going on longer walks, and focuses less on the house’s needs
This is the right time to explore which communities in Denver offer Memory Care.
What A Lot of Families Get Wrong
In almost every family I’ve helped when they go in to an Independent Living Community, they wish they didn’t
and get a better feel for what’s happening
Wait too long
Think they are “giving up” on their mom or dad
Ignore small lifestyle changes as just “what happens as you get old”
How the House Fits Into All of This
The home is still valuable and fits most of their needs. The problems arise when there are things that do not fit your mom or dad’s needs. The home can still…
The home may still be valuable—but no longer useful.
Be an asset to pay for future needs and care, wherever that may be
Help with a slow transition because your mom or dad are not in urgent needs, so it may be the best time to gradually work through the house, even with your mom or dad’s help.
Act as a stepping stone for the conversation that shows this is the first, and often easiest step, into a Senior Community.
Find out more about what happens to the house
Now is the best time to get
A Simple Pathway
Recognize the shift
Explore options
Decide before urgency
Check out the more in-depth Right-Sizing guide
Or
Explore some of the options in Denver
What to Do Next?
You don’t need to figure out everything today.
Instead, take the first step to get clarity and or you may already know, so it’s time to Start Here