Assisted living is about making life easier. At Summer Breeze Haven, we continually strive to increase the variety of our elder care services and expand the level of elder services we can provide to do just that. We realize that moving is a daunting task to face for anyone, and it is even more trying for the elderly.

Everyone dreads loosing their wit, and as we grow older that fear becomes more immediate. Fortunately we have many examples of active men and women who retained their mental agility throughout a long life. For example George Burns was still enjoying his work in show business when he was 100 years old.

Who actually needs to be placed into a nursing home? Ocassionally families will begin to notice that a parent or sibling is beginning to forget food in the oven or on the stove.  Or perhaps falls are becoming a safety concern.  Lonliness or depression may also be a problem.

In today's busy world, children and grandchildren are not often able to provide the help their parents and grandparents need. Too often they feel their only alternative to providing this help themselves is to place their elderly loved one in a nursing home. Such a decision can be a stressful one. Worries about quality of care as well as the emotional well-being of a relative, are often followed by feelings of guilt. Often this is accompanied by the knowledge that our loved ones want desperately to stay at home and are afraid of moving to a new environment.

We at Summer Breeze Haven are happy to tell you that there is an alternative.