How to Enjoy a Smooth Transition into Senior Living
As exciting as a fresh start can be, moving into a senior living community can be a significant life change. Many seniors and their loved ones can feel a little overwhelmed by the journey and require time to adjust.
However, moving into a senior living community doesn’t have to be as daunting or nerve-wracking as you expect. In fact, it can be exciting! Here are a few helpful tips for enjoying a smooth transition into senior living:
Choose the Right Community
In many cases, a smooth transition into a senior living community can require you to choose the right community for your unique needs and preferences. Take the time to schedule tours of standout communities in your preferred locations before you commit to any particular community.
On these tours, you can ask questions, meet employees, and familiarize yourself with services and amenities. If you choose your favorite community out of all available options, you may feel more excited about moving into your new home.
Involve Your Loved Ones
Transitioning into a senior living community doesn’t have to be a decision that seniors make on their own. In fact, many seniors enter senior living communities after gentle encouragement and planning by their loved ones who know they could benefit from the move.
Involving friends and family in your plan to enter senior living may make you feel at ease. They can help with the process and provide input when you’re unsure about anything.
Downsize and Prepare In Advance
Moving into a senior living community often requires seniors to downsize their possessions and make arrangements for their former homes. This process can sometimes feel overwhelming if you don’t allow enough time for decluttering, moving, and house selling.
However, downsizing can begin even before you find the best senior living community for your needs. You can start streamlining your possessions in the weeks, months, or years before you decide to move into a safer and more supportive living environment. Take your time, and you may feel more at ease about the process.
Plan to Personalize
Many seniors can sometimes feel like their new apartments or cottages in a senior living community don’t feel like home. After all, they aren’t yet familiar and may not yet feel comfortable. However, that may quickly change when you have a plan in place to personalize them.
View the floor plan of your new home in advance and think about the best pieces of furniture to fill the space. You can then personalize your new home with keepsakes, personal items, and photos, which will make your new home feel more familiar.
Socialize and Engage
As tempting as it can sometimes be to stay in your new home where it feels safe, socializing and engaging with other residents can often be how you feel more at ease in your new home. Most highly regarded senior living communities plan dozens of monthly activities and events for their residents to have fun, meet new people, socialize, and make friends. Start participating in these early to get the most out of everyday life in senior living.
Schedule a Tour of The Brennity at Tradition Senior Living
Moving into senior living can be an exciting transition rather than an overwhelming one. Take some of these actions above to start looking forward to moving into your new safe, supportive, and social home. You can also contact The Brennity at Tradition Senior Living today to learn more. We’re ready and waiting to help you transition into our vibrant senior living community in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
