Assisted Living The hospital Executive Director Answers 3 Wonders for Seniors and Loved ones

I'm here with Margie Veis, the Organizational Director of Summerhill Ldg, an Assisted Living facility all over Santa Clarita, California. Hiya and welcome Margie.

Margie Veis: Hiya and welcome Kirk.

KH: How long consider doing this?

MV: Searching for an executive director for couple of, all of them close to Summerhill Villa.

KH: Now you have an Assisted Living facility.

MV: Correct.

KH: Why is Assisted Living advisable?

MV: Assisted Living is important because this is usually a great alternative to living alone of your home, or living in a skilled nursing facility. It's which other alternative.

KH: Exactly how Assisted Living?

MV: Assisted Living most likely the non medical alternative. We're licensed by the Department of Social Services it is non medical, so you can easily have people live here may just be independent or those that require assistance with personal consideration: bathing, dressing, grooming, meals or snacks making, laundry, medication help out with.

The biggest difference is we are really not a skilled nursing facility and now we don't have doctors within the company, we're not required a great nurses on staff, nobody needs to do nursing care. We will not give injections, and we simply cannot have IVs. We are that intermediate care promotions . say: "I don't really need to get at home, and Dislike have medical needs. I just now need some custodial gives. " So an Assisted Living genuinely a great choice.

KH: Just how could you say to individuals who say: "I will keep my parents at home at any expense? "

MV: I hear that a number. Sometimes that works. My biggest question for you is - Is it backed up? If it is backed up, there are options you can use to live at county. There are some people who heading to leave their home. You can't force them even any time a safety issue but because home care. It's costly that is an option.

Some choose to use a family member move in so there's somebody there, so you can make it work but you've got to weigh the financial and the gospel truth - Is my parent safe from home? That's the real propositions.

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