Family
Living with a Spouse in a Long-Term Care Community
As we age, certain conversations start to take place. Sometimes we initiate them, sometimes they’re initiated by our loved ones, and sometimes we simply can’t escape them as the folks around us get caught up in them. One of the most prominent is the growing realization that long-term care is an increasingly common part of…
Read MoreMoving Tips: Helping Your Loved One Pack for a Nursing Home
When a loved one is preparing to enter a long term care facility like The Woodleigh of Baton Rouge, it’s natural for them and their loved ones to consider this a move from their home. But at facilities like ours, we work hard to create a community for residents, so that everyone here truly feels…
Read MoreDoes My Loved One Need an Assisted Living Facility or a Nursing Home?
When looking into care for an aging loved one, many are surprised to learn how many different options exist. What starts as an attempt to research nursing homes often blossoms into an evaluation of assisted living facilities, nursing homes, memory care facilities, and more. To make things more difficult, the terms “assisted living facility” and…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Process of Placing a Loved One in a Nursing Home
Does My Loved One Need a Memory Care Facility?
When it comes time to look into long term care for a loved one, there’s a lot of new knowledge to learn. One of the first things people realize in their research is that long term care is not one size fits all. There are assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and memory care facilities, among…
Read MoreHow to Spot the Early Signs of Alzheimer’s
As our loved one’s age, the spectre of Alzheimer’s Disease can loom large. As something that attacks memory, thinking, and reasoning, it threatens to remove our loved ones from us. We have images in our head from movies and television of parents who don’t recognize children and forget their own name. There’s also the issue…
Read MoreCoping with the Decision to Place Your Loved One in a Nursing Home
The pesky thing about emotions is that there’s no requirement for them to obey any rhyme or reason. Just because you shouldn’t feel an emotion, doesn’t mean you won’t. At The Woodleigh of Baton Rouge, we’ve seen the positive, transformative effects that placing a loved one in a nursing home like ours can have on…
Read MoreQuestions to Ask When Choosing a Memory Care Facility
When your loved one’s struggles with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease have reached a tipping point, a memory care facility is often the right choice for long-term care. These facilities, also known as memory care units or special care units, may be housed on a separate floor or wing, or may exist as a stand-alone community.…
Read MoreWhy Memory Care Facilities are so Important
Managing the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and Dementia can be heartbreaking. It’s a difficult time for family members as well the person affected. This is why Memory Care units are growing in popularity. Here’s a little on why Memory Care facilities are so important. What is Memory Care? Memory care units, which are still a relatively…
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