Caring for a person with dementia or Alzheimer's is harder than any other human task. It's a career and a dedication -- more than four jobs: 24 hours a day, every day, 730 hours a month.

How long can family members do this? Can they care for themselves and survive the physical and emotional toll? If they collapse under the pressure, what happens?

The wonderful support and education from Southern Caregivers Resource Center helps people cope with caregiving and gives them occasional breaks. But many eventually push themselves to emotional and physical exhaustion.

Why?

To avoid sending a loved one to the dreaded nursing home.

When caregiving at home becomes too much, nursing homes are not the only option. Ailing seniors can get all their care and a superior quality of life in residential care facilities.

Dignified Living Choices Inc. has been helping families with this for over five years and can help you make the right choices. One phone call to (619) 846-3000 starts people on the path to a better quality of life for caregivers and those needing care.

Some couples move while they can still enjoy quality time together, others wait until serious deterioration or behavior problems make it impossible to continue at home.

Either way, caregivers know that their loved ones are well cared for and they don't have to do the work. Family members are treated with dignity and respect, kept clean and dry, well groomed and well fed. They also enjoy daily activities that provide mental and physical stimulation.

Experienced professionals at Dignified Living Choices Inc. provide suitable referrals based on the seniors' personal needs and budget considerations. They take family members to see places that meet their standards and help in every way necessary. They take you by the hand throughout this difficult time, and provide all these services, at no charge, to you.

Please call for more information, including a video of a television news story, sponsored by the San Diego Union-Tribune, about Dignified Living Choices Inc. Our gerontological counselors and social workers are here to help you.

Submitted by Dignified Living Choices Inc.