Residential Care: A New Kind of Assisted Living

There is a growing trend in the elder care industry, and it should make many seniors and almost-seniors rejoice. Assisted living facilities have been popping up all over the country for a couple of decades, but let's face it: not every senior finds the prospect of living in a massive community all that enticing. When you have spent your life living at home, you want to relax at home, not surrounded by dozens of new peers.

That's where this exciting trend comes in. Senior Residential Care Homes can bring senior citizens the care and oversight of an assisted living facility in the familiar home like environment. In these homes, caregivers rent out rooms to seniors who take care of them just like the staff at a traditional elder care facility would. They cook for them, help them with basic routines, help them to run errands, remind them to take their medicine, etc.

Many of the caregivers in these homes are nurses themselves, and are ready and willing to handle all sorts of medical problems. The more expensive care homes are equipped to handle Alzheimer's patients, even.

The downside, from an overall industry view of things, is that there is not much uniformity, so the resident and their family need to be extra diligent to do their homework before choosing a residential care community. They need to get references and make sure the caregivers have been checked out by the appropriate state licensing agencies.

But the upside is great, too. The family can easily get to know the new caregivers. They can become like one of the family. And, as one more added bonus, these homes are generally less expensive than a nursing home or assisted living community.

If your loved one needs to transition into an elderly care facility, but wants a more intimate setting, help them out by checking into residential care homes in your area.

Jay Landry is a teacher, businessinternetservices.us/158/godaddy-or-hostgator webmaster, and world traveler. He has four children and loves oregonassistedliving.org/193/residential-care-homes living in Oregon.