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Families searching for palliative and hospice care in Kitchener-Waterloo are likely to focus on home care services or health care facilities that top recommendations by the Local Health Integration Network. Retirement homes, though, are a worthwhile and in some respects better alternative. Senior care from these facilities is professional, highly-trained and dedicated to making end-of-life as pleasant as can possibly be.
IN-DEPTH REPORTSPalliative care in Kitchener-Waterloo
The Village of Winston Park
695 Block Line Road, Kitchener,
Ontario, N2E 3K1
This elegant retirement residence in Kitchener-Waterloo offers a continuum of care from independent living apartments to assisted living, memory care and long-term care.
Lifestyle Options: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Long-term care
The Village at University Gates
250 Laurelwood Drive, Waterloo,
Ontario, N2J 0E2
Now welcoming our Retirement Home Residents to the Village. We offer Waterloo a range of services for today's Senior including Retirement Apartments, Assisted Living, Memory Care and Long Term Care.
Lifestyle Options: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Long-term care
The advantages of palliation in a retirement home
Retirement residences in the Kitchener-Waterloo area are ideally prepared to deal with the needs of elderly patients. Health care services onsite will include nursing staff, personal service workers (PSWs), and (in many homes) an onsite or at least on-call doctor. Facilities will combine a home-like feel within a suitably professional medical setting, that may include everything from a pharmacy to a massage therapist and more.
The community created within a retirement home will increase palliative effects, where seniors find themselves in a group of their peers who are also nearing and thinking of end-of-life.
Palliative care for Alzheimer's and dementia
It's also worthwhile foresight for families of seniors suffering from Alzheimer's Disease to consider the benefits offered by several superior memory care facilities in KW and area. This can be an important aspect of taking a holistic approach to the disease during its middle to late stages. Early creation of a hospice care team can facilitate the development of a support structure that alleviates confusion during later stages of the disease.
Read Kitchener retirement home reviews before you commit to any retirement residence in the area.
Looking ahead to the disease's inevitable progress, your loved one can apprise care staff of all his or her wishes, and staff can have time to fully understand the personality and care needs of your loved one. In this scenario, your elderly loved one will remain in an environment with care staff with whom they have grown familiar.
Learn more about palliative care for people with Alzheimer's and dementia.
