How to care for a person with Alzheimer's. Where will she be better cared for, at home or in a nursing home? After the diagnosis, this is the most immediate and repeated question by families.
The process of assuming it can lead from denial to ignorance. Many times without knowing where to turn. From Ballesol, one of the leading companies in residential and healthcare care, they are addressing the present and future of this disease from research to patient care.
The residences that Ballesol has in Catalonia (Almogávares, Fabra i Puig, Barberá del Vallés, Badalona and Reus) are an example. The professionals involved in the care of people affected by this disease agree in pointing out the need for “a comprehensive approach to Alzheimer's from an environment as closely linked to the person's own home” where social and health resources allow a professional response. “The patient demands continuous supervision and care as the disease evolves,” many families have noted in light of the experience and need for 24-hour care for their loved one.
The focus at Ballesol is aimed at providing integrated services for residents through care coordination and individual attention supported by human and technological value.
“We have been the first in the sector to adapt these needs to the residential environment” explains Vicente Cuesta, Director of Ballesol Operations in the Mediterranean area, to respond to the way of caring for people with Alzheimer's through Specialized Units directed by interdisciplinary teams. different levels of care with the objective of “trying to preserve the maximum functionality and socialization of the person.”
In this sense, all its residences are processing the international OAFI Space certificate (International Osteoarthritis Foundation), maximum recognition for the degree of functional adaptation, accessibility, facilitating spaces and freedom from architectural barriers. Ballesol Almogávares being the first residence at a national level to obtain this accreditation "also adjusting its environments to the capabilities and possibilities of any person regardless of their needs" is recognized in obtaining it.
“Make life continue as comfortable as possible.” It is the first thing that Ballesol professionals convey to family members. Programming aging with dignity, opportunities and quality of life. A commitment that is made with any resident and that begins with:
As dementia experts, workers at these care homes warn of an increase in the prevalence of dementia in the coming years, “which is why support after diagnosis is crucial.” Taking these data into account: 20% of patients with Alzheimer's dementia are admitted in the first year after diagnosis, 50% after five years and close to 90% at 8 years.
Taking into account the needs, tastes, habits or expectations of the resident and the family, a stay program is designed to achieve maximum well-being for the person. Adapting the residence to the resident and not the other way around, resembling the spaces, the architecture, the routines, to your own home.
In this way, different services are offered to the person with flexible schedules in reference to care, leisure, food or free time. “Guaranteing quality and participation in a vital experience that can satisfy the whole family” have been confirmed by many of the users of the centers in Badalona, Fabra i Puig, Almogávares, Reus and Barberá del Vallés.
Due to its versatility and functionality, a Ballesol residence allows the resident and family to continue developing their life projects. What does a residential center of this type offer differently?
With this differential proposal, Ballesol is committed to life projects knowing that 24 hours a day the person will have a complete team of professionals at their disposal that reinforces “the value, protagonism and right that has been earned in society.”
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