Caregiving - Your Family's Options

Lives alone in the community
Lives with me or other relative/spouse
Lives in an assisted living or other intermediate care facility
Lives in a nursing home or other fully-assisted facility

2. Rate your loved one's command of the following:

Physical hygiene (These may include bathing, dressing, transferring from bed or chair, toileting, grooming, and eating)
Needs little/no help
Needs moderate help
Needs extensive help

Daily Tasks (These may include meal preparation, transportation, housework, buying groceries, as well as money and medical management)
Needs little/no help
Needs moderate help
Needs extensive help

Emotional Stability (such as mood swings or depression)
Needs little/no help
Needs moderate help
Needs extensive help

Mental Acuity (such as the ability to follow through on tasks or do simple arithmatic)
Needs little/no help
Needs moderate help
Needs extensive help

3. How far away does your loved one live?

Within 20 minutes to an hour/within 50 miles
Within 2 hours/over 50 miles
More than 2 hours away