Today, more and more retirees are choosing an independent lifestyle model for their post-retirement life. This avoids problems such as having to be taken care of by friends and family and is not a burden on family as well. When choosing this form of care, it’s important to also underscore the importance of person-centered care. This way, you can choose a retirement community where you will not only be happy, but also feel respected for who you are and what you have to offer.
What Person-Centered Care Entails
Person centered care is usually offered by stylish retirement communities and encapsulates treating guests in such a manner that they still have a choice as to what they want to do and how they want to do it. In the past, caring for seniors meant giving them instructions without their input or opinion. One may have good intentions for treating an individual in this manner, but not giving them a chance to voice out their opinion denies them the sense of being human. In order to be happy, one has to be independent to some degree, even if they are under the care of someone else. To do this, one has to know that individuals have several dimensions including a creative side, an intellectual side, a social, spiritual and physical side. All these have to be tailored to suit the individual being cared for. Stylish retirement communities such as Morada Rogers go to great lengths to ensure this is the case.
How to Know that you are getting Person-Centered Care
In order to know that you are getting person-centered care, it has to have the following principles:
- It gives you the right to determine how to meet your needs best
- The decision making has to include you and your family
- Your physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing should be part of the care plan
- Nothing about you should be done without your consent
- The care that you receive should be provided in a respectful, empowering and nurturing manner
There may be more aspects to this depending on the individual. Typically, retirement communities which focus on the individual rather than the services they provide are most likely to offer this model of care.
How to Find a Person-Centered Living Community
To find the best person-centered living community, one needs to first plan early, and have all the above in mind. They should then be able to sort different communities down to the few that have the capacity to offer the best. You can plan a visit to the retirement community. This gives you an opportunity to see what they have to offer, and to also ask questions regarding the way they provide their services. At Morada Rogers, you are likely to get all the information you need, and you can also read what our previous guests have to say about us on our website. We take seriously the issue of person-centered care, since this is the only way to ensure the happiness of our clients.
