Care Continuum at Schmitt Woodland Hills
People want to know what is so important about finding a retirement community which offers all four levels of care. It is simply because people often have a need for different levels of assistance over time. The health care industry refers to the need for these levels of care as a care continuum. People don't age in a direct line from healthy then unhealthy. Instead they experience a variety of needs for differing levels of care again and again over time.
For example Ernest age 71 falls breaking his right arm. He is hospitalized for examination and immediate treatment. After a day's observation you might think he could go home. Since he is a widower and is right handed Ernie cannot be released because he can't dress, eat, even bath or toilet properly, much less drive. Ernest is frustrated to learn he has to make a choice to enter a nursing home, bring in help, or live with his kids until he is able to function fully on his own. The chart below diagrams the journey.
Now consider a more serious situation involving a different illness or accident which will require some recuperative therapy over a longer time frame. The problem is harder to overcome and in some cases it is no longer possible to continue as before. This is a difficult cycle many seniors and their families fear. It is diagramed below:
Often in a situation like this a senior has to keep moving from facility to facility to obtain the level of care appropriate to the different stages of rehabilitation. This changing of living situations over and over happens at a time when seniors feel most vulnerable and alone. The sense of despair and loneliness so many face at each change of residence can be avoided.
The Schmitt Woodland Hills Retirement Community offers all four levels of care and is designed for people to age together gracefully. Our home care services help people stay in their own homes as long as possible. Our independent living center allows seniors to keep active physically, spiritually, and mentally. Assisted living provides a cushion as one is coming out of skilled care or just needs some additional care for a period of recuperation. Our community looks out for one another. And we offer programs to promote wellness and avoid accidents, the primary reasons seniors face changes which move them to different levels on the care continuum. Schmitt Woodland Hills is particularly attractive to couples. It is a place where one spouse can know the other is being well cared for. And we are proud Schmitt Woodland Hills is designed to offer the independence people want and assistance as needed. We allow people to age in place surrounded by a community they know and trust.
