The Top 5 Reasons to Make the Move to Senior Living Now
Wondering if now is a good time to move to senior living? Just ask any of the thousands of satisfied older adults who decided to take the plunge and discovered how this engaging lifestyle can enhance and simplify life—and why you don’t want to wait another minute to make it yours!
Why you want to make the move to senior living now
- You will be surrounded by good friends and good company. You may have heard how dangerous feeling lonely and isolated can be to your mental, physical and emotional health. It’s just hard to spend quality time with others when you are living alone at home. Friends move away, neighborhoods change and family members are often busy with their own schedules.
But a move to senior living puts you in a welcoming atmosphere filled with possible new friends around every corner who are your peers. They are there to share your joys and your tough times. They are great motivators when it comes to healthy habits and staying active. And they give you something to look forward to each and every day.
- You will be free from home maintenance and chores. Retirement is meant to be your time to escape daily tasks like housecleaning, repairing a leaky faucet, climbing attic stairs to change a furnace filter, mowing a lawn or raking leaves, or any of the 1,000 other things that seem to come with home maintenance. A move to senior living is your passport to freedom from all that. You can take your new free time to explore hobbies, travel, learn to paint, study the classics or just enjoy an occasional afternoon nap.
- You can rely on convenient access to care or just a helping hand. It can really feel lonely when you are living on your own and your needs change suddenly. It often means decisions must be made quickly, which can be stressful for everyone. But by making a move to senior living now, you are ensuring you will be in an environment with seamless access to care, especially if you choose senior living with several levels of care.
In addition, it’s simply comforting to know that there is always a helping hand close by, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Professional, caring staff members monitor residents for any changes in their health and can play a major role in helping each person maintain their wellbeing.
- You will benefit from resources focused on healthy aging. It’s easy to fall into bad habits when you are living at home on your own. Eating healthy meals means trips to the grocery, cooking, and avoiding fast foods or other less than nutritious choices. Staying active can be difficult as well. And again, feeling left out of everyday life can cause serious damage to your health.
A move to senior living can put you on track for healthy aging in many ways. You benefit from delicious and nutritious dining carefully prepared by a culinary staff. You have access to numerous activities, events, programs, concerts, outings, classes, parties, holiday celebrations, volunteer opportunities and more to keep your mind sharp and provide you with inviting ways to make friends and enjoy being around others.
It’s all part of a recipe for healthy aging and longevity—one you want to start enjoying as soon as possible!
- You will have a plan for the future. Worrying about tomorrow can eat up a lot of time and energy and take the joy out of life. Making the choice to move to senior living gives you—and your family—reassurance that you not only have made a solid plan, but you have also taken steps that will help you maintain your independence as long as possible. You are in control, and that feels very good.
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At LSS Senior Living, our goal is to offer seniors quality care and comfort in a friendly and warm environment that feels like home. We offer a continuum of services to lend a helping hand when you need them. Find out more about our communities:
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