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Linda Karson, Chevy Chase, MD Precinct 13. Seniors from Springhouse Assisted Living Center aged 91-100.share their reactions to having voted. One senior, 100 years old, tells about the weather affecting the outcome. A woman recalls voting for Franklin Roosevelt and how long it took women, and women of color, to obtain voting privileges. It was truly an effort to get these seniors and their wheelchairs to the polls but each one felt it was well worth it.
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Villa Bonita Senior Living 3434 Bonita Road Chula Vista, CA 91910 619-632-4087 www.villabonitaseniorliving.com Our senior care community is designed with residents’ needs in mind. Villa Bonita provides services and amenities dedicated to providing the best possible quality of life possible for each of our residents. •Freshly prepared meals daily •Social and recreational events •Weekly housekeeping and linen service •Laundry service available •Scheduled transportation •Daily activities program •Guest suite •Billiards lounge •Computer center •Fitness center •Beautifully landscaped grounds •Social parlor and bistro •Library and activities room •Beauty salon and barber shop •24-hour response system and staff available •No buy-in or lease
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Southern Lifestyle is an assisted living facility located in scenic Lake Placid, Florida. Centrally located from anywhere in the state, Southern Lifestyle dispels the myth that you have to separate beauty and fine architecture from quality health care when serving the needs of the elderly. It is over fourty thousand square feet, and contains a grand foyer, single- and double-occupancy suites, a huge dining and recreation room, hair salon, chapel, etc. There is even a miniature golf course, shuffleboard court and lawn bowling right there on the grounds! This facility also features a special wing called “Memory Lane” for residents with Alzheimers. This wing features advertisements and movie memorabilia from the 1930′s and 40′s on the walls that serve as memory-building items for the residents. Outside Memory Lane is a sidewalk maze garden that also helps the memory of the Alzheimer residents. You have to see the facility to believe it! It reminds one of a four-star hotel, rather than a medical facility. Southern charm and hospitality meets high-tech, compassionate care. That’s Southern Lifestyle in Lake Placid, Florida. Call Chuck Oakes, Donna Pontius or Bea Cooper at 863-465-0568 if you want to schedule a personalized tour. You can also visit their website, www.southernlifestylealf.com for even more information.
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Doctor Robert Kane, the Director of the Center on Aging at the University of Minnesota talks about the advantages and disadvantages to the elderly being placed in nursing home and assisted living facilities.
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Mildred Harris discusses her experiences in an Assisted Living community.

Dignified Living Choices helps keep older people out of nursing homes. Assitsted Living and Residential Care.
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Assisted living in America is regulated in all fifty states. There are comprehensive regulations that providers must adhere to regarding resident activities and food service.
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www.aplaceformom.com A Place For Mom’s Senior VP of Referral Services, Katie Burckhardt, gives an overview of Assisted Living communities, a increasingly popular senior care and elderly living option. To learn more about assisted living communities visit assisted-living.aplaceformom.com
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“Assisted living” is the need of the hour in today’s day and age. The dwindling family structure  of the past which had the young take care of their ageing parents in India , is no more a story of every house. The nuclear family concept, mobile global workforce, urbanization and changing needs and perceptions of the society have all contributed to this need for senior citizens today.

As a concept “Assisted Living” marks a great turnaround from family based living to an independent living within a community of like-minded people. This concept although a possible emotional issue to talk about in an Indian – family set up, is still a pretty viable solution for senior living when you look at the other possible solutions. Once the challenge of emotions is overcome and all possible outcomes are discussed – “assisted living” may turn out to be a blessing in disguise not only for retired people but also some other aged but not so old folks.

Well why not .The concept provides security, support, shelter, food and hygiene at a cost that is fairly nominal as opposed to buying your own place and living on your own , and all without taking the headache of managing all the chores on your own.

Besides the social reasons, one of the major reasons for popularity of these “Retirement Homes” (as these have commonly come to be known as due to its popularity with retired folks) has also been the very fact that the advantages such dwelling units carry in form of facilities, provisions for care for elderly, security and costs are unmatched in usual living in India.

Let’s discuss each of these advantages in details:

Facilities: In a country like India, where having basic facilities like electric breakup or repair and maintenance of a house is a task in itself and requires much more than financial resources having an independent unit with all things taken care of is a great relief for retired personnel.

Moreover with additional facilities for recreation, housekeeping and dinning, it reduces the individual onus for day to day chores tremendously.

Provisions for care: One of the main reasons for elderly in India to seek living with children was to have someone take care of them in times of illness. The provisions for care provided for the elderly in these community houses with doctors on call, associations with hospitals, available care at premise have all lessened the concerns of senior people.

Security: One of the biggest concerns for senior people living on their own is security. The growing crime in cities always makes elderly living alone very susceptible to crime related incidents. The retirement homes are gated communities made with full security outside and inside which resonated well with elderly folks and makes them feel safe and secure.

Costs: As costs are very important to retired people, an overall living solution that is provided at nominal costs resonated well with them. With a comparatively low upfront cost as opposed to buying an independent apartment or house, a low monthly cost along with a variable cost component that allows one to personalize things to their like – all this together makes these retirement homes a very lucrative option.

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I’m still officially down for a bit, but I posted these for my extended families and friends. I don’t really expect comments since I won’t be commenting on yours for a bit.

My daughter, Meg, worked at Sunrise Assisted Living of
Mississauga for several years.
From my set entitled "Mississauga Santa Claus Parade 2008"
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To champion quality of life for all seniors — it’s been our mission since 1981and it’s what has made Sunrise Senior Living one of the premier providers of senior living services. Sunrise currently operates more than 440 senior living communities throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany with a combined resident capacity of more than 52,000. Sunrise employs more than 38,000 team members dedicated to serving seniors.

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