Avamere Crestview of Portland - Selecting a Quality Portland Nursing Home
If you think you will need a nursing home at some time in the foreseeable future--for yourself or a relative--it will pay to plan ahead. Many good nursing homes have long waiting lists, and the chances of getting placed in the home of your choice will be greatly enhanced if placement is made on a waiting list prior to the actual time of need. Also, this will give a prospective patient time to get mentally adjusted to the idea of the change.
Unfortunately, the choice of a nursing home is often made in a crisis atmosphere when time is short and minds are troubled. Selecting a home is an important decision--one that deserves foresight and careful clear-headed consideration.
Not Your Typical Portland Nursing Facility
We're proud of the fact that Avamere Crestview of Portland isn't your typical Portland nursing home. With gratitude for senior-center concepts like the Eden Alternative, our Portland long-term care center pays attention to loving companionship and integrates interaction with all life forms, including nature, animals and children. We also strive to maintain variety and opportunity for spontaneity in the lives of seniors, in order to prevent. Community entertainers often share their talents, we arrange intergenerational activities with the local schools, and we keep the gardens and lobbies teaming with plant life.
Our facility offers:
- An individualized long-term care plan signed off on by the seniors' primary care doctors
- A friendly, safe and warm Portland nursing home environment
- Appealing and nutritional meals (we will accommodate specialized diets)
- Management and administration of medications
- Senior rehab and specialty care
- Support to the entire family
- Lots of opportunities for senior citizens to socialize with their peers and take part in life-enriching activities
Making a Smooth Transition
Be prepared to make the transition into a Portland nursing home easy as possible. Such a change may affect the whole family and it will take some time to adjust to the new living arrangements. Take advantage of pre-admission group sessions for family members. You can also make the resident more comfortable by accompanying him or her on moving day, and by helping choose familiar items to bring along--family photos or favorite decorative items to make the room more attractive.
The frequency of visits to the resident is an individual decision, but keep in mind that the presence of family members greatly helps to create a more personal atmosphere in the Portland nursing home. Family visits offer reassurance to the resident that someone still cares.
