Olympia WA • Tacoma Wa • Puyallup WA
Nancy Watkins has spent ten years serving seniors and their families, representing assisted living and memory care communities and working with adult family homes and other long-term care providers in Washington. She helped to rewrite Washington’s regulations to better serve its seniors and developed the state’s first Aging and Disability Services Administration-approved training program for managers of memory care and assisted living communities. She knows what to look for and the questions to ask when touring a care setting. And she can tell you who is doing a good job. When developing a list of options for a senior’s care setting, she will include only those settings that have met her high standards for quality care.
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Adult Family Homes offer comforts of home
Adult Family Homes in and around Olympia WA offer families a choice that may be more comfortable for their loved ones than a standard assisted living facility. Adult Family Homes (AFH) are residential homes licensed to care for up to six non-related residents. They provide room, board, three meals a day and snacks, laundry, necessary supervision and help with activities of daily living, personal care, and social services. The available amenities will vary but, in most cases, the renter will be in an environment much like staying with their own family in a private room that they can call their own.Some Adult Family Homes offer shared bedrooms, which can help reduce costs.
Since Adult Family Homes are almost always in single dwelling houses that have been built or remodeled to meet the needs of the residents, you will usually find a pleasant environment that includes outdoor features such as gardens and outdoor eating areas. There will be common areas that encourage social interaction of the residents and a staff that is professionally trained to meet the needs of the residents.
Choosing an Adult Family Home for your loved one allows you to keep them in a family focused environment while insuring they have the special care they need such as medication management, bathing assistance and mobility assistance.
