Elderly people often go into nursing homes because of the accumulation of multiple medical problems over time, resulting in frailty and dysfunctions in the ability to take care of themselves. Families worry about older adults with cognitive problems, memory problems and dementia, making it difficult for them to manage at home. These have impacts on day-to-day function, such as eating, bathing, dressing, managing medications and finances, and safety. Frequent falls are one of the top causes for people going into a nursing home because it's just felt to be unsafe. There might be trouble walking, and changes in strength or musculoskeletal changes that result in frequent falls. Incontinence has a significant impact in older adults, and that's something that also can stress families in terms of taking care of people. It's an issue that most people don't like to talk about. It has a lot of social stigma around it.
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LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) programs help people with dementia as well as their caregivers by offering medical, therapeutic and social support. Dementia is a catastrophic disease that sometimes hurts the caregivers more than the actual person with dementia. People with dementia as well as their caregivers need a lot of support. And LIFE programs can help with that.
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LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) programs are meant to take care of people who are determined nursing home eligible but want to stay in the community. LIFE programs take care of people who otherwise without this support and these services, and the support and services of their family and friends, may otherwise end up in a nursing home. So the LIFE program does what it can to serve them in the community.
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Following are some of the services offered by LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) programs:
- socialization activities
- on site nursing, therapeutic activities, dietary service and social workers
- health center and medical services including physicians and nurse practitioners
- recreational therapists
- transportation for participants to and from the center and appointments
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You should consider a LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) program for your loved one if you want your loved one to stay in the community and maintain that tie. LIFE is an all-inclusive, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to taking care of frail older adults in the community. The prime aim of LIFE is to work with families and caregivers and friends to keep older people in the community and keep them out of a nursing home. LIFE programs understand the advantages of staying in the community and maintaining that tie.
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When people join a LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) program, sometimes cognitive abilites improve without medicines or any kind of medical intervention. It's purely getting out of the house, being with other people, listening to music, doing activities that they want to do with other folks, and getting their needs attended to. Those simple interventions are not costly. Simple interventions make life better for not only that participant, but for their caregivers.
Many older adults who've had their own way of sitting in the community, have been at home, watching a certain set of TV shows, and that's that. They've been resistant to joining a LIFE program. But they change once they come to a LIFE program and start attending the LIFE center, making friends with other people who are there, and getting to know the staff and the colleagues.
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You may be able to convince your loved one to consider enrolling in a LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) program by showing him or her the services that are offered and the expertise that the LIFE program has in caring for older adults and managing these complex cases. Your loved one may start realizing that there is some benefit. Also, there is a lot of help for caregivers. Helping them out with the stresses of day-to-day caregiving is a big convincing factor. The participant might see the benefits of this and come around to saying this might be something worth trying. Ultimately, it comes down to an individual choice.
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One reason an elderly person might not want to enroll in a LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) program is that it is a change. Enrolling in a LIFE program means a new set of staff and colleagues and a new set of providers. That can be difficult for somebody who's been in the community and is used to doing some things a certain way. Ultimately it's a choice of the person as to whether or not they want to enroll in a LIFE program.
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LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) programs address the issue of elderly people falling by being aware of the risk of falling (close to 35 to 40 percent of all adults living in the community over the age of 65 fall at some point) and staying in tune and in touch with participants and families. This enables the LIFE program to plan interventions to prevent the fall or try to prevent, at least, a bad thing happening from the fall.
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Enrolling in a LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) program can take up to six months from the beginning call to getting enrolled. It depends on where people are in getting their ducks in a row.
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