I saw two elderly women yesterday walking along together at around 8PM. Given where we live, that’s late into the night already. I got worried for them since we don’t have that much streetlights and our main road is a highway into one of the busiest cities in the area. Speeding vehicles might run over them without even noticing.

It is sad how lacking our country is with regards to elderly care. Our tradition of having extended families into our care is good and have nice intentions, but we have to be realistic when we can no longer take care of our elders at home. It would be better to find them a find a nursing home.

There are a lot of different nursing home services that can be suited to your elderly. There are skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities and in-home health care. Skilled nursing facilities or SNFs are actually what you can call “mini-hospitals” as they provide an extensive range of services from dietary, medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and activity services as well as support with day-to-day living functions such as dressing or bathing. Most elderly people with Alzheimer’s Disease would need this. The intermediate care facilities doesn’t always have access to licensed medical professionals but they are required by law to have them present at least eight hours a day.