Whether regarding skilled care, skilled nursing, or memory care, especially during the pandemic myths have persisted about senior living. In this hour, Suzanne Newman talks with Kelley Smith at CarePartners Senior Living about myths heard all the time about senior care. We remember great-grandma or great-grandpa being in nursing homes, which weren’t pleasant places. They don’t exist any more — skilled nursing has taken over, and it doesn’t look the same as it did even five or ten years ago. If you don’t know anybody in assisted living, if you’ve never been to an assisted living facility, you don’t know what actually happens. Skilled nursing now is more like a rehab center that need 24-hour care not appropriate for a hospital setting. People don’t realize that things like therapy dog visits and music therapy are available, providing a quality of life — they don’t even know that it exists. Learn more about CarePartners Senior Living.
