Talking to Your Parents About Senior Living.
The White Sands of La Jolla offers advice on moving to a senior retirement community.
Moving to a senior living community is a family decision and every member should feel completely comfortable with it. If you’re helping your parents deal with a life transition, here are important points
to remember:
Timing is everything.
It’s important to make the move while both parents are healthy and able to enjoy community life—before a health crisis forces a decision under duress.
Share the caring.
Time and again, parents tell us, “We don’t want to be a burden to our children.” Moving to the right senior living community can be their greatest gift: The assurance that Mom and Dad will always be cared for by loving people with the highest professional skills.
You can’t always be there for your parents, but we can. At The White Sands of La Jolla, we check on every resident, every day—usually several times a day. So do the new friends they make. They have a whole community of people looking out for them. That kind of reassurance is priceless.
Control your costs.
Many children worry about the cost of a senior living community. It’s important to get the facts on affordability. Remember, you’re better able to plan for costs in a senior living community. If a health crisis strikes before you have a plan in place, the cost can be devastating. The White Sands of La Jolla is proud of the range of financial options we offer for every budget. That includes a monthly rental option, for people who want to try out our lifestyle before they make a commitment. Talk to us before you decide.
Bring the family.
Perhaps the best way to evaluate The White Sands of La Jolla is to pay us a visit. When you see what a perfect family destination we are, you’ll know.
“Things good and bad can happen suddenly. There are friends here 24/7 to help celebrate or console, mourn or reassure. That degree of support just wouldn’t be available if we were still in our previous home by ourselves. The sense of both community and personal privacy is powerful here at White Sands and creates the highest possible quality of life.”
-Mary Heglar, resident for 21 years
