A Residential Care Home is the mid-point between an Assisted Living Facility and a Nursing Home. There is more attention and personalized care at a Residential Home than an Assisted Living Facility because there are less residents in each home. They are the best choice for your loved one who tries but struggles a great deal to live independently that requires the 24 / 7 personalized care. The staff here will help your loved one accomplish the daily tasks they struggle with.

A quality Residential Care Home will have helpful and understanding staff that will truly listen to your loved ones needs and desires. Perhaps they have done things a certain way for the last fifty years but now struggle. It could be frustrating for them if someone tries to help and wants to do it a different way. Keeping things as close to normal as possible with ease the stress and emotions your loved one comes across while aging. Perhaps one day they wake up feeling great and want to try to button their shirt by themselves.

Helpful and caring staff will allow things like this with supervision, because they understand the frustration your elderly loved one feels when they cannot do simple things anymore and often feel as if they are being treated like a child. A competent Residential Care Home will make your loved one feel special and allow for as much independence as desired and able.

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Cost of Residential Care

The average monthly cost of Residential Care Homes in the Fort Worth area ranges from $1,000 – $3,000 for shared rooms and a private room is between $3,000 – $6,000 per month. The national average is around $3,242 a month. There are more than 25 Residential Care homes in Fort Worth, Texas. This is comparable to the National average.

Moving into Residential Care

Sometimes your loved one’s doctor may suggest it is time to move into residential care, and other times it is up to you and your loved ones to make that decision. It can be more cost effective and less stress for a move into a residential home than other options.

How do you know when it is time to move your loved one into residential care though? There are some questions that you can ask you and your loved one and evaluate how many of the answers are yes. The more yes answers there are, the closer it is to being time to make the move.

1. Is your loved one struggling to live alone even if they have help from family, friends or home care?
2. Has your loved one developed a medical condition that requires medication at a certain time and occasionally a dose gets missed?
3. Is family having to leave work or other events more and more often when called to help your loved one who is struggling?
4. Are you or other family members acting as a caregiver showing signs of increased stress or burnout? This can be a major issue and it can affect all aspects of your life.

If you have decided it is time to start researching Residential Care Homes, Senior Living Specialists can help narrow down your options and help you create a list of questions to ask and things to look for when touring homes. Because seniors not yet ready for a nursing home may suffer boredom, finding a place with a variety of life enrichment programs is crucial.

Senior Living Specialists will continue our relationship and conversations once your loved one is moved in to ensure they are thoroughly happy with the decision even if it is a month down the road.

For information and guidance, please call us at 214-929-5055. You can also email Paul@SeniorLivingSpecialists.com or complete our Contact Form.