1405 Falls Church Rd Raleigh, North Carolina, 27609
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919-852-3918
Bright Horizon serves as an Assisted Living Facility in Raleigh NC to promote health and quality of life for seniors.
This small Family Care Home serves only six residents at a time. This allows us to focus on the unique and individual needs of our clients.
Our highly skilled providers implement a person centered approach which is built upon the individual’s ability to participate in activities and honors the individual’s choices, strengths, and needs.
At Bright Horizon Senior Care we have a unique opportunity to give our residents the personalized and individual care they deserve. We strive for excellence and are constantly looking for areas to improve.
• Dignity
• Integrity
• Independence
• Motivation
• Communication
These are the values that every Bright Horizon staff member uses to give our residents the best possible quality of life.
We provide a ratio of one professional caregiver to every three residents in our Assisted Living community. Every staff member has a current CNA license in the NC Registry, Medical Aid Certificate, and are trained to provide CPR. Our administrator has a Doctor of Medicine degree from National Medical University in Ukraine and a Master of Public Health from East Carolina University US, operates by enforcing excellence in service standards and compliance with the requirements of the State of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Service Regulation.
Many elderly people find themselves overwhelmed or unable to keep up with the challenges that come with independent living. Deciding to transition to assisted living facilities is a difficult choice in itself, but finding a facility which truly meets your unique needs presents its own challenge. What makes this process easier is to know exactly what your needs are and what it is you are looking for.
Firstly, you need to work out what you want from an assisted living facility. Let’s take a look at location as a factor. Do you want a facility that is close to your family and friends? Perhaps you enjoy going out, and would prefer a facility near shopping, dining, and entertainment venues. Will you want an extra bedroom for visitors, or just a room to yourself?
Also, take into consideration the level of support you need. Do you only require basic care, such as having meals cooked and laundry done? Or, do you need something more substantial such as nursing care? Consider the possibility that you may need more care in the years to come, and be sure to select a facility that can provide it.
The most important factor when selecting a facility is your own happiness. Find a place you would be happy to call home, and if you are helping a loved one select a facility, always put yourself in their shoes and think, “would I enjoy living here”. If the answer is no, then keep searching until you find the right one. The decision you are considering is important, and you owe it to yourself (or your family member) to shop around until you find something that is just right.
The number of assisted living facilities is booming, with over 29,000 in the US alone. There is a wide spectrum of such facilities: from huge complexes which house hundreds of elderly people, to smaller places that accommodate just one or two; and of course, everything in between. Every person is different, and what works for one may not be what’s best for another. Larger assisted living facilities can be great, but are certainly not for everyone. Some people may like the group-activities and communities that these places offer, while others may prefer a smaller and more personal setting. While being one of several hundred residents may sound exciting to some, it can be overwhelming and impersonal to others. It is important to honestly consider which of these atmospheres you’d prefer.
This is something that larger residential care facilities don’t have. When you are one person within a community of perhaps hundreds, then it is easy to feel lost, especially if you don’t know many, or indeed any other people there. Also, with such a place it can be difficult to learn you way around and get to know who the staff are. A family atmosphere it certainly isn’t.
However, at a care home where there are just a few residents, such as at Bright Horizon, where there are just a maximum of six, then it is easier to develop a family atmosphere because residents and staff can get to know each other quickly, and form long-lasting bonds between each other.
They also develop deep and trusting relationships with the staff and owners at Bright Horizon, who become part of their lives, from taking care of laundry and providing meals, to more personal care services. Here, there is very little turnover of staff, so it really does help to engender a family atmosphere.
In terms of care services provided, it is personalized to each resident’s needs – just as it would be if they were still in their own home. Bright Horizon Senior Care
At Bright Horizon, a lot of time and thought has been given to making the Assisted Living Community as much of a family setting as possible.
Dementia is a progressive condition and, as the condition gradually worsens over time. The person affected by it will require more care, which can be too much for family and community-based services to provide. At this time, a move to a residential home that provides dementia care could be the right move.
In the US, there are thought to be more than 5 million people affected by dementia, according to Braintest.com. As the population expands and life expectancy increases, this number is likely to increase in the years to come.
Dementia is something of a catch-all term for a range of conditions that affect memory and cognitive ability, including Alzheimer’s – the most common form of dementia – and vascular dementia.
However, all forms of dementia are degenerative, which means the person with the condition will require progressively higher levels of care as it worsens over time. This will include personal care, such as washing and eating as well as more specialized care to address the symptoms of the dementia.
While many elder people prefer to live in their own home, when a health condition, or conditions, are such that they will need specialist round-the-clock healthcare as well as personal care every day – something that relatives or external carers who come to a person’s home may not be able to provide – then it may be that moving permanently into a nursing home is the best option for them to live and receive the best possible care.
Likewise, if a person has suffered injuries, such as a broken leg, or has recently had an operation and will take some time to recuperate, then a nursing home can also be an option, but for a limited period until they have recovered sufficiently to move back into their own home.
Nursing homes differ to other types of residential care homes in several ways. For instance, assisted living facilities can just provide for basic care needs, as well as things like laundry and daily meals as residents don’t require as much care and will have a greater degree of independence. Whereas in a nursing home, those needs will be catered for, but a person will need more specialist care that has to be provided by a registered nurse, often on a 24/7 basis.
As a result, there is likely to be a higher ratio of staff to residents in a nursing home than in other facilities, due to the nature of the support they require. All nursing homes are required to ensure that all medical treatment is overseen by a physician.
Additionally, in a nursing home, the facility will often have equipment installed to help nursing staff to deliver that care; things like bathrooms will often have been fitted out to be wetrooms and may also have hoists, for instance. There will also be a range of services provided by various specialist professionals, such as physical, occupational and speech therapy.
All this can give elder people the dignity they want and deserve, as well as the health and personal care they need to help them live the best life they can for as long as possible.
It is something that many elder people in the US require. There were 1.678 million nursing home beds in the US in 2015, and that figure has stayed roughly consistent for the past 20 years, according to statista.com [www.statista.com/statistics/323196/number-of-licensed-nursing-home-beds-in-the-us/]. The vast majority of residents in such homes were aged 65 or over.
The size of homes varies markedly; some are small – catering for up to six residents, for example – while others can accommodate hundreds of people.
However, when a person’s care needs increase, the best option for them can be to move into a residential care home. While the person may not like the idea of moving out of what might have been their home for decades, it may be that it is just simply not safe for them to remain there, or their condition(s) mean they require round-the-clock care.
So, when they do move into a residential home, it is important to know what sort of care they will receive there. Residential care settings have trained professionals on hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week who can provide the sort of medical assistance that is difficult to provide in the community. For example, if the person has dementia, many homes have staff who have received specialist training in ways to care for people with the condition.
• Outside patio • Computer/internet Access • Cable TV • Pet Policy: Pets allowed after assessment • Special Meals: Diabetic, low-salt
• Full-time activity director • Social events • Monthly fieldtrips • Spiritual activities • Exercise classes
• On-site medical visits: Geriatric physician, Podiatrist, Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist • 24-hour staffing and personal assistance • 1 caregiver to 3 residents (1/3 ratio) • Diabetes care • Nurse availability: On-Call 24/7 • Medication management • Transportation • Health and exercise programs • Social programs and activities • Daily meal preparation • All levels of personal care • Beauty and barber services • Dementia care • Wandering prevention
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