Aging
I have been living with my mother for thirty years now. My father passed away when I graduated from college. Now I have been living alone with my mother who is seventy five years old. The situation was just right for me but lately I noticed some changes in my mom. She seemed to forget a lot of things and sometimes she don’t seem to know me. The doctor told us she has an Alzheimer’s disease and she needs some professional assistance from an adult day care. So I searched for the best medical model of adult day care from the adult daycare listings. Adult day care includes programs, services, and facilities designed to assist physically or mentally impaired adults remain in their communities.The main purpose of the adult day care is to create a respite for care givers for whom the care will be provided. The medical model provides comprehensive medical, therapeutic, and rehabilitation day treatment. In my mother’s case, she needed an Adult day health care programs that offers health services such as physician visits, nursing care, and podiatry, as well as rehabilitation services such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy in a secure environment.
Generally, quality adult day care centers or programs conduct thorough assessments of each person and develop individualized plans of care and activities to meet the needs of impaired, disabled, or frail older adults. The plans for my mother describe objectives in terms of improvement or maintenance of health status, functional capabilities, and emotional well being.