In our blog today, the focus will be on Senior Living in Fort Worth TX and surrounding areas.

Sometimes it’s not easy to have a discussion about the topic of looking at different long term senior living options. There are over 140 different long term senior living options within the surrounding areas. A common search term on an Internet search would be Senior Living in Fort Worth TX. Once the search is complete there are 320,000 results that appear and a variety of different options that comes come up in the search. Sometimes it’s hard to determine when looking at a website whether a facility is comprised of retirement living, assisted living, memory care or rehab. Often people don’t want to take the time to call a particular Fort Worth Senior Living Facility option because they may not have the time or may not want to give out their contact information. [Read more…]

The statistics are staggering for the number of people expected to be affected by Alzheimer’s within the next 5 – 10 years. Caring for somebody with Alzheimer’s can be very tough and frustrating.

In my case, I wasn’t prepared for this disease to affect my mom at such a young age since her family had many people that lived into their 90s. It’s a tough disease to tend to and often the stress tends to fall on the caregiver. Something that has helped me to get through the daily challenges that I do face with being a caregiver is being able to talk with other people. I found it early on that I was holding too much inside me. There are many different caregiver support groups for Alzheimer’s available throughout the Dallas and Fort Worth Metroplex. The Alzheimer’s Association is a great place to start as they can provide families with all different stages of support groups. [Read more…]

If you had to guess how many options there were for Senior Living in Dallas…what would your guess be? Would the number be 100, 200, 300, 400 or even a higher number?

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