Aging in Place – Planning to stay in your home for the long haul.
One of the hottest topics for seniors and their families these days is “Aging in Place”. So the question is what are they talking about when people talk about “Aging in Place”.
If we look back in to the past and around the globe everyone used to stay in their own home, as they got older. If their children were not already living with them the children, grand children and neighbors made dinner, checked in on them and took them everywhere. The concept and practice of leaving your home and moving in to an assisted living facility, senior apartment complex or nursing home is for the most part a phenomenon of the modern Medicare Era. This practice of leaving your home as you get older really started to take hold in the United States in the 1960’s. Before that, people were “aging in place”.
In 2003, the National Aging in Place Council (NAIPC) was formed and organized to introduce the system of support for elders that help them stay in their own home safely. Professional care providers and senior advocates looked back in history and around the world to see what is it that supports people in fulfilling on that vision for their final years.
If we look back into history, we can also begin to see what the qualities and characteristics of service and support look like to help someone “age in place”.
Some of these common supports are: Family Involvement, Financial Planning, Safety Planning, In Home care and support, Advanced Health Care Directives, Social Support.
Get more information and meet local support providers:
Attend the Aging in Place Senior Expo at the Finley Community Center, 2060 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa.
Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm.
Call Dave Carter at Sequoia Pacific Mortgage Co. 707-575-3220