Making A Nursing Home Feel Like Home

Making A Nursing Home Feel Like Home

As people get older, it can become increasingly difficult to undertake personal care tasks and maintain a working home. Whilst many older people live happily and independently in their own homes, others choose to move into a nursing home because of ill health or limited mobility.

Nursing homes have the advantage of offering a sense of community as well as regular activities for residents to take part in. As a relative of someone who has moved into a nursing home, you may also be reassured to know that residential homes can also offer suitable health care and medical attention.

If a dependent relative such as your mother, father or grandparents is taken into a nursing home they will most likely want to take their belongings with them. The most recent survey from the Office for National Statistics reports that older women are more likely than men to live in nursing homes, since 23% of women over 85 were residents in care compared to 12% of men of the same age. These older women may enjoy decorating their room with a few prized possessions, to create a new home for themselves and feel more at ease.

Perhaps your relative would like some family photos to put on the wall, a small piece of furniture that has stayed in the family, or a few trinkets and decorative items. Just a few touches of individuality will bring any room in a nursing home to life, and make it feel like a home from home. You will understandably want to make your relative as comfortable as possible, and helping them take their treasured belongs with them is one way to do this.

You can also offer your dependant relative peace of mind by protecting their belongings financially too. Your home insurance may well cover any belongings that your dependent relative has with them in their nursing home, often up to a value of 2,500 for any one claim. Whilst accidental damage is covered, theft will only tend to be covered if there is evidence of a forcible or violent entry into the building.

So whilst a nursing home is able to care for your loved one, you are able to financially protect your loved ones belonging. This peace of mind means that you and your relative can enjoy spending time together in their new home.