Daytona Beach Senior AdvisorWhat usually starts a senior care search in Volusia and Flagler?
A hospital discharge, a fall, a new dementia diagnosis, a spouse worn down by caregiving, savings running low, or children in another state realizing a parent can no longer manage alone.
Each guide below begins at that moment and lays out the steps in order, with the Florida rules and local phone numbers that apply.
Who can help us work out the next step for free?
ElderSource, the Aging and Disability Resource Center for both counties (1-888-242-4464), gives free information, screening and referrals, and a senior advisor can walk through licensed options; neither charges families.
If anyone is in danger, call 911. Suspected abuse or neglect goes to the Florida Abuse Hotline at 1-800-962-2873.
Every situations guide
When a parent is leaving the hospital
Discharge planning at Halifax Health and the AdventHealth hospitals: inpatient versus observation, Medicare's skilled nursing benefit, choosing a rehab nursing home and planning the move after rehab.
Read this guide →When living alone is no longer safe
Signs that living alone is no longer safe, the options from added home care to assisted living, how to talk about it, and the local agencies that help.
Read this guide →After a dementia diagnosis
The legal, medical, safety and care steps after an Alzheimer's or dementia diagnosis, Florida's memory care rules, and when to consider memory care in Volusia or Flagler.
Read this guide →When the money for care is running low
What to do when private funds for assisted living or home care are running out: Florida Medicaid long-term care, OSS, VA pension, moving to a Medicaid-contracted ALF and the timeline to start.
Read this guide →When the caregiver is wearing out
Signs of caregiver burnout, respite options from adult day care to short ALF stays, caregiver programs through ElderSource, and when it is time to change the care plan.
Read this guide →Caring for a parent from far away
How out-of-state children can manage care for a parent in Daytona Beach, Palm Coast or DeLand: legal documents, local helpers, facility vetting from a distance and visits that count.
Read this guide →Hurricane season for older adults
Evacuation zones, special needs shelters, power outages and generators, and what Florida requires of assisted living facilities and nursing homes in storms, for families in Volusia and Flagler.
Read this guide →When a spouse needs more care
Options for couples in Volusia and Flagler when one spouse needs more care: home help, moving together, separate settings, and protecting the healthy spouse's finances under Florida Medicaid.
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