What to do when Care Needs change
Change from aging is often portrayed as a series of small gradual declines but most of the time when someone has increasing care needs it is due to an unexpected health incident or progression of a chronic disease which may be accelerated by an injury or infection. Health events and condition changes require solutions to provide the support that is needed in the least intrusive way to maintain as much independence as possible. The table below gives examples of Health Condition changes, resulting changes to Care Needs and their coinciding cost for private care.Pro-tip:
Gradual decline may be inevitable but slips, trips, falls and other injuries are not! Maintaining strength and avoiding serious injury are the best ways to avoid increasing care needs.