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Your Elder Care Home Options
3 Stellar Choices That May Amaze You!
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You may be searching to provide care for an elder parent or relative. Or you may be looking for a solution to your own retirement. Whichever, there are many alternatives to going into a care home.
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For some folks, the cost may be too much. For others, the location may not be suitable. For yet others, the idea of being surrounded by other oldies and a lack of independence may be unbearable.
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Whatever the reason, no-one should have to spend their retirement alone. Here are 3 alternative care homes that you could consider.
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Your Elder Care Home Options #1:
Home Health Care
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For those who need nursing care, a nursing home can be a frightening prospect.
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At the same time, you can’t go on living in your own home without assistance. The solution to this is to seek in home medical care.
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Having this sort of care will allow you to keep the comfort of your home, whilst having someone else do the harder tasks for you and keep you company.
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Some people can be very stubborn and cling onto their dignity and independence. However, not having a carer can be dangerous and make small problems even worse.
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Your Elder Care Home Options #2:
Live in An Hotel
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For those more able-bodied retirees, an hotel can be a good alternative to a home.
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A decent B&B (bed and breakfast) may work out cheaper than a retirement home… and provide almost the same level of service!
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…Freshly laundered bedding, cooked meals and the chance to always be around new people make this an exciting prospect for many older people.
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Some hotels will let you keep the room and move in personal belongings and furniture as if you were renting the place. You may even be able to keep cooking appliances such as a small electric oven or cooker.
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Having a permanent guest is a lucrative opportunity for an hotel owner. They are likely to bend most of the rules to accommodate your needs.
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Of course, you have to realise that if you need medical assistance, it won’t be as immediate as it would be in a retirement home. Hotel staff will not be trained in emergency care and treatment– so you may have to keep someone on call.
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Your Elder Care Home Options #3:
Join Cruises!
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The more exotic option to an hotel is to spend your retirement on a cruise ship.
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You may have heard stories of people living this way. Indeed, it is possible to do it affordably, in some case more so than a retirement home.
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Like an hotel, you may be able to permanently rent a room so that you don’t have to keep getting off the ship after every voyage.
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Cruises come with many bonuses including to- class service, a variety of places to eat and drink in, late night entertainment, the chance to constantly meet people and the chance to travel the world.
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For many, it may seem like the dream retirement option. Of course, not having a permanent address can cause issues. And you have to be relatively able-bodied to live this lifestyle.
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Whilst cruise ships can provide a decent standard of medical care, it isn’t quite that of a retirement home. Plus, the occasional rough seas may be very difficult to negotiate for those who have trouble walking.
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