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Knowing When It’s Time for Assistance: Episode 3 – General Warning Signs

Dec 20, 2021 | When Is the Right Time For Assistance Info Series

December 20, 2021


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Episode 3

General Warning Signs

Living independently is important to all of us, but as we age, our bodies may not function like they once did.

Because of that, performing even basic daily activities can become difficult and require some assistance.

And as the aging process continues, the need for assistance often increases as well.

In our first two episodes of this series, we discussed ADL and IADL as methods to help determine a person’s need for care.

In this, the third episode of the series, we discuss the five general warning signs that can tell us when it may be time for assisted living.

Some of the general warning signs that can help to determine a person’s ability to live independently include:

  • Worsening Medical Conditions
  • Conditions like diabetes, heart disease, memory loss, and others can severely reduce a person’s ability to live independently.
  • Monetary Issues
  • Issues such as falling for financial scams, difficulty remembering to pay bills, and general confusion when dealing with money.
  • Isolation
  • Isolation can include a lack of purpose and disinterest in hobbies, little or no social interaction, not leaving the house and depression.
  • Messy Living Space
  • Neglecting household responsibilities such as extreme clutter or hoarding, spoiled food, urine odor, little or no fresh food, and unfilled prescriptions.
  • Poor Hygiene and Frailty
  • Changes in appearance and physical function include noticeable weight loss, soiled clothes, bruises from falling, and unpleasant body odor.

The presence of any of these warning signs can mean that some sort of daily supportive care is needed.

Tore’s Home strongly believes, and has experienced, that receiving assistance early, before the situation becomes urgent …

can postpone the need for facility care and therefore, allow people to stay in their own homes.

Tore’s Home (facilities) and Tore’s Home Services (home care) can help by providing most care levels.  Care provided will often depend on a person’s financial condition and the type of local support that is available.

Tore’s Home Services include two major components:

  1. Traditional

This program is designed for clients who have some support by a family member living close to the person needing assistance.

  1. Comprehensive

This program is designed for people who do not have strong support locally and who want. Tore’s Home Services to become their “family”.

Tore’s Home (facilities) includes the following care levels:

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care
  • Extended Care
  • End-of-Life Care

But that’s only the beginning of what makes Tore’s Home different from other elder care facilities.

Unlike nursing homes and large impersonal facilities, Tore’s Home offers a distinct, family-like atmosphere.

Our homes are small, intimate, and secure.  Located in quiet, residential neighborhoods, each home has only 6 to 12 residents.

Keeping our homes small allows our caregivers to provide residents with a more personalized, and customized level of care.

A more loving, personal and customized care in a small, family-like atmosphere … that’s what makes Tore’s Home different.

If you or a loved one needs help completing daily routines and activities, call Tore’s Home for a FREE, no obligation consultation.

We’re here to help make the aging process easier.

(828) 884-5007

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Knowing When It’s Time for Assistance: Episode 3 – General Warning Signs

by | Dec 20, 2021 | When Is the Right Time For Assistance Info Series

The Most Important Question to Ask Before Entering Assisted Living

There are important questions to ask before entering a long-term care facility including, but not limited to:

  • Is it affordable?
  • Is it located near my family and friends?
  • What services do you offer?

 

Considering the current environment (the Great Resignation), Tore’s Home believes the most important question to ask today is …

 

What are you doing about staff attrition and retention?

 

That question is important because America’s workforce is changing.  Fewer people are working.  And long-term care facilities are being affected.

 

Recently, a lack of staff caused the Governors of New York and Minnesota to call in the National Guard to help care for residents.

 

But Tore’s Home is different.  Our approach to recruiting and keeping staff is changing paradigms on how residents and staff have cared for both inside and outside of our facilities.

 

Tore’s Home continues to have one of the best staffing ratios in the industry.

 

And that means Tore’s Home has been able to provide a high level of care for over 25 years.

 

That’s because Tore’s Home understands that it’s seldom the job that causes someone to quit.  Instead, it’s often what happens when the caregiver goes home.

 

After over 25 years in business, Tore’s Home recognizes that the three most important reasons (there are many others) that affect staff attrition and retention include:

 

Lack of affordable housing.

 

 

Lack of transportation.

 

 Lack of after-hours-childcare.

 

To overcome these problems, Tore’s Home has worked hard to establish a program that provides a better life for our caregivers.  Here is what we are doing …

 

 

Affordable Housing

 

 

Currently, a number of our staff have safe, secure, and affordable housing units owned by affiliated companies of Tore’s Home.

 

 

Proposed plans will more than double the current inventory of affordable housing in the coming months.  Large tracks of land have been secured with construction to begin in soon.

 

 

Tore’s Home has proposed plans to one-day build houses that our employees can own with a mortgage they can afford.  By building new houses we will be able to add an apartment to the house so that approximately 50-100% of the mortgage payment can be covered by renting out part of the house when the terms of the mortgage are satisfied.

 

 

There are many more details to come on our affordable housing program.

 

 

Transportation

 

 

Tore’s Home operates a fleet of vehicles that can pick up and drop off staff members before and after work should they need it.

 

 

After-hours Childcare

 

 

Tore’s Home is in the process of state licensing for its own after-hours childcare center.  A building has already been secured and the plan is to start operations as soon as the license is secured.

 

 

Taking care of our residents as well as our employees is what makes Tore’s Home different than large corporate elder care facilities.

 

 

Tore’s Home offers most care levels to our residents including:

 

 

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care
  • Extended Care
  • End-of-life Care

 

Ask for details for each care level.

 

 

Unlike nursing homes and large impersonal facilities, Tore’s Home offers a distinct, family-like atmosphere.

 

 

Our homes are small, intimate, secure and located in quiet, residential neighborhoods.  We continue to have one of the best staffing ratios in the industry.

 

 

Keeping our homes small allows our caregivers to provide residents with a more personalized, and customized level of care.

 

 

A more loving level of care … that’s why Tore’s Home is one of the most respected and trusted assisted living facilities in Western North Carolina.

 

 

Offering such personalized care to both our residents and our staff is truly what makes Tore’s Home different from the rest.

 

 

Learn more by scheduling a FREE, no-obligation interview today.

 

 

(828) 884-5007

 

 

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