Westchester Health Tips

Your family is having a difficulty visiting nursing homes. How can your family make the visits better for all of you?

Visits should not be about quantity, but based on quality. Shorts visit with a purpose are a good thing. Family members can come visit during lunch, bringing with them the patient’s favorite dessert. Taking a walk later in the day would also be nice.

When is time to consider placing an Alzheimer’s patient in a nursing home?

This is one of the difficult questions that family members need to face. As Alzheimer’s progresses in its later stage, a patient will require full time care. No one can do this alone, so if programs, services and resources are accessible near your community you may prefer to care for the patient right at your home. If not, then a long-term-care facility has to be an option.