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How can families and friends help a loved one transition to residential care?

7 years ago12 Voters

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Regular visitsSpace to get used to their surroundings and peopleRespite care in the same place leading up to the movePersonalise their room as much as possibleI wouldn't want a loved one in residential careOther - leave your ideas in the comments section

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glo427 years ago

My first thought is that I wouldn't want a relative to go into a care home but in a practical sense if this came to the crunch, I would choose one near enough for regular visits and make the room as homely as possible with respite visits before deciding on a permanent decision.

EM1234 in reply to glo427 years ago

I agree, if the decision has to be made to do into a home I think respite visits leading up to it can help you decide which one...

randomphantoms7 years ago

One of the things we did was play to the personality of the person.

We talked with the staff and let them know that the person was a carer by nature and if they could give her opportunities to be helpful it would reduce the impact.

We also spent a lot of time with the person encouraging them to make new friends.