{"id":1002106,"date":"2019-12-06T11:36:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=1002106"},"modified":"2019-12-06T11:36:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:36:26","slug":"helpful-article-on-talking-to-loved-ones-about-moving-to-assisted-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2019\/12\/06\/helpful-article-on-talking-to-loved-ones-about-moving-to-assisted-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Article on Talking to Loved Ones About Moving to Assisted Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As people age, they can reach a point when they are no longer physically or mentally able to live independently. And, if you are anything like me, the thought of having a conversation with them about leaving their home probably brings a lot of emotions to the table.<\/p>\n<p>I remember when my dad and aunt brought the idea of moving to an assisted living to my grandma, she flat out said &#8220;I&#8217;m not ever leaving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the flip-side, when my mother-in-law discussed this with her dad, he said &#8220;Well, I can&#8217;t stay here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you have your own stories of how these conversations have gone in the past as well.<\/p>\n<p>If you are reaching the point where you might have to have this difficult conversation with a loved one, please take a minute to read this article on how to best approach the topic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retirementliving.com\/how-to-tell-a-loved-one-they-need-assisted-living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Tell a Loved One They Need Assisted Living<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We really liked how they recommend include the loved one in the decision making process and to make sure that you are discussing the idea of assisted living long before a major life event or health setback make them feel blindsided by the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As people age, they can reach a point when they are no longer physically or mentally able to live independently. And, if you are anything like me, the thought of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18066,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200982],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caregiver-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002107,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002106\/revisions\/1002107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}