• Are bills being paid late or being forgotten altogether?
• Have simple errands such as grocery shopping, doctor’s appointments or picking up prescriptions become a challenge?
• Is your loved one preparing meals less?
• Have you noticed a gradual or sudden loss of memory and/or language skills?
• Does your loved one often fail to answer the phone or take longer than usual to answer?
• Has your loved one experienced falls? Or you noticed unexplained cuts or bruises or a hesitance in his or her walk?
• Are there clothing stains or odors emanating from furniture, clothing or automobile seats?
• Have you noticed poor eating habits and inadequate nutrition/hydration?
• What about a failure or inability to follow through on physician’s instructions, medicine dosages, etc.?
• Is your loved one hesitant or not able to get into the bath or shower?
• Is your loved one sleeping in the last days clothes?
• Has your loved one stopped engaging in previously enjoyable activities like playing cards, singing or dancing? Or spending more time than usual watching television?
• Is your loved one staying in bed more?
• Are you beginning to get an uneasy feeling about leaving your loved one alone?

If you have questions regarding whether your loved one is ready for placement, please reach out to our team. We are here to assist you with answering your questions, providing information, and offering support in any way we can. We understand this decision is not easy for some families, so our goal is to help and not pressure you in to making a decision you or your family is not ready for.

Some of the above can also be addressed through community resources.