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Home care and home health care are very viable and attractive options for many senior citizens. Living at home for as long as possible, with support from home care and home health care professionals, can preserve independence and dignity. And with so many options to assist an aging senior, it makes sense for a number of reasons to stay at home. Senior services, nurse’s aides, and grocery, prescriptions, and dry cleaning delivery services are all helpful in providing support and independence.

However attractive living at home is for your aging senior, there are also many good reasons to consider transitioning into an assisted living facility. Loneliness and lack of social interaction can be depressing for a senior who lives at home. Security and a more comfortable environment can be achieved through the right assisted living facility. And medical needs may be escalating, and the at home CNA needs additional support on a daily basis.

And, as the move to assisted living is becoming increasingly more common, home health care agencies play an important role in transitioning from living at home to one of the many types of assisted living. These agencies can provide CNA’s , or trained nursing assistants, as well as HHA’s, or home health aides, who will provide skilled care either at home, or as part of a home care combines with assisted living.

Whether your options include at home care, a transition to assisted living, or a combination of the two, home health care professionals can make the difference between a stressful situation and a comfortable one. At home, or in independent living facilities, retirement communities, assisted living facilities, or nursing homes- trained, certified nursing assistants can be of service.

And finally, it’s important to perform a needs assessment for your long term planning. Issues such as finances, health, well-being, and personality will play a role in deciding when and if the transition from home to an assisted living facility is necessary. Work with your home health care professional to help determine your course of action.