In-Home Care or Assisted Living?

 

If you or a loved one is in need of daily care to ensure your safety and wellbeing, you may be weighing options such as in-home care services versus assisted living.  Most experts suggest a good way to start is to make a list of all the areas in which you or your loved one needs assistance with on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.  

From a strictly affordable standpoint (we know there is much more to it), there is a rule of thumb to determine if in-home care or an assisted living community is less expensive.  Does the person require more than 40 hours of paid care a week?  If that’s the case, then assisted living is most likely less expensive.  

Also, remember that in-home care is a piecemeal approach and each additional service you need adds to the cost of care.  Moreover, in a senior community offering assisted living like MorningStar of Arvada, individuals receive 24/7 care from our compassionate, trained care managers in the activities of daily living (ADL).  Another benefit of our community is it is designed to accommodate wheel chairs and other mobility aids as well as provides bathrooms equipped with handicap grab bars, and suites equipped with emergency call systems.  

Many people get sticker shock when they learn how much they will pay for assisted living, but you need to remember that virtually all your living expenses including food as well as care services are factored in.  No longer will you pay out-of-pocket for home insurance, property taxes, heat, electricity, trash pickup, cable, and Internet service.  In addition, you will not be hit with unexpected repair bills and routine upkeep on your home.  

Other services and amenities provided by MorningStar of Arvada include a fitness room, movie theatre, sports bar, art studio, rooftop terrace, enrichment activities, and more.  Residents also enjoy three nutritious meals a day prepared under the direction of our Executive Chef.  However, we consider our most important asset to be our dedicated team members and their devotion to our residents.  

Please visit our website for more information about our wonderful independent living, assisted living and memory care community.  While you are there you may read about all we are doing to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our residents during COVID-19.

MorningStar of Arvada represents the finest in senior living with our unique mission statement “to honor, to serve, to invest.”  With a foundation built on honoring God, valuing our seniors and hiring staff with a felt calling to serve, we provide a true home for residents.  Please contact us to learn more about the finest independent living, assisted living and memory care Arvada CO offers.