{"id":712,"date":"2019-11-01T18:03:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T01:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/?p=712"},"modified":"2024-08-15T12:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T19:48:03","slug":"the-advantages-of-having-a-roommate-in-an-assisted-living-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/the-advantages-of-having-a-roommate-in-an-assisted-living-community\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Having a Roommate in Assisted Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Benefits of Having a Roommate in Assisted Living<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roommates in assisted living can have several advantages that you should consider when choosing a room. &nbsp;Having to decide to share living space with another person, often someone you have never met can be difficult for both the resident and the family.&nbsp; Here are some valuable benefits to consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Saving Money\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The most obvious of the benefits of sharing a room is sharing the cost of accommodations. The savings are approximately 30-40% on average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Easing Transition<\/strong>\u2013 Having a roommate promotes socialization.&nbsp; Having a roommate can provide the first person you get to know &nbsp; Your roommate can give you advice on how to better navigate within the community\u2019s unique culture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Decreased Loneliness&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Too much seclusion is not a good thing. It is easy for loneliness to set in. Many seniors will stay in their rooms most of the day sleeping or watching television.&nbsp; This lack of socialization can sometimes contribute to loneliness and worse, depression. &nbsp;A roommate can dramatically diminish the feeling of isolation and\/or loneliness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Additional Monitoring&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 You should consider the benefit of the additional monitoring that a roommate provides. Because they see each other every day, roommates can be the first to notice changes that occur in the health or ability of a senior. There is great value in noticing a pattern early that might otherwise go undetected for a longer period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Longer Life Expectancy<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>A variety of social studies confirm that social relationships augment one\u2019s quality of life and extend our life expectancy. Having a source of consistent companionship in the form of a roommate can increase mental and emotional stimulation and therefore contribute to overall health and longevity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Roommates aren\u2019t just for starving students or young people but can be beneficial for people of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When choosing a room in assisted living there are many options to consider, and a shared room or private room is worth considering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Newlan, LVN, Associate Executive Director, Alexander Gardens Assisted Living <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exerts from Starlight Homes Assisted Living 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Benefits of Having a Roommate in Assisted Living Roommates in assisted living can have several advantages that you should consider when choosing a room. &nbsp;Having to decide to share living space with another person, often someone you have never met can be difficult for both the resident and the family.&nbsp; Here are some valuable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488,"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandergardensal.com\/activities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}