Is the Start of a New Year the Best Time to Seek Out Memory Care for a Loved One?
With a the fresh start of a New Year, there’s no better time than NOW to stop procrastinating around making plans for a loved one’s care. We cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding the appropriate Memory Care setting after a dementia diagnosis, but BEFORE physical and emotional setbacks complicate and limit your loved one’s long term care options and quality of life!
Many families through best intentions, try to keep a loved one at home for as long as possible, but in doing so, often find that their loved one is frequently alone, isolated, losing independence, and experiencing diminished enjoyment towards all the things they used to enjoy. Anyone who is largely homebound and spending hours of time alone will eventually fall into moderate or severe depression or cycles of negative thoughts and feelings. (Which we all should have a lot more empathy for after almost a full year of COVID stay-at-home orders and quarantines, right?)
How to Beat the Post-Holiday Blues
With a start to a New Year, we also may find ourselves susceptible to post-holiday blues. This can affect us all in various ways for sure, but it’s especially important to be mindful of for your loved ones and for yourself if you are a caregiver. We love these winter blues busters from our friends at Five Star Senior Living and think you will, too!
