Baby boomers have a strong sense of identity, and they know what they want for themselves and for their aging loved ones who need additional care. They want to provide the best lifestyle for their aging parents and worry about their quality of life, especially if they don’t live close enough to check in on them. It might help senior living community administrators to understand at least five reasons baby boomers reject the idea of moving their family members to senior living communities, no matter how good the facility is. With ideas about what gives baby boomers pause, administrators might find ways to relieve their worries about their aging parents’ quality of life in a senior living community.
Baby Boomers Miss Their Loved Ones
A common concern for administrators at senior living facilities is that residents miss their family and friends. However, through simple senior living technology such as IndependaTVe™’s smart TV, Angela, baby boomers might warm to the idea of helping their family members move to senior living communities. Baby boomers will love offering their aging parents an easy way to stay in touch with family members all over the country and the globe. Angela offers families the peace of mind that comes from knowing that the smart TV will help residents remember to take medications and go to events and appointments. Even better, baby boomers can send photo albums and videos to their parents to keep them updated on everyday life and help them avoid feelings of isolation.
Baby Boomers Have High Standards and Resist Anything That Doesn’t Feel Authentic
Baby boomers have always resisted ideas and activities that fall under the heading of “traditional,” so it makes sense that they don’t want to feel their parents lack usefulness in society. Traditional senior living communities often come across as sterile environments that don’t offer their family members anything new to experience.
Baby Boomers Are Extremely Independent and Active and Want Their Parents to Stay Mobile and Upbeat
Baby boomers don’t want to watch their aging parents to sit around and rock the day away while watching television. They want their loved ones to feel engaged with their health and well-being as they try to stave off physical, mental and emotional illnesses.
Baby Boomers Want Their Parents to Receive High-Quality Care
Baby boomers want to feel assured that their loved ones are receiving high-quality care. They worry about whether their aging parents’ overall needs are being met and are often frustrated because of their uncertainty. Some Baby Boomers Might Have Taken a Financial Setback From the Recent Recession. With the fallout from the housing market bubble’s burst in 2008 and 2009, many baby boomers lost their jobs at a critical point in their careers. Financially challenged baby boomers have had to tighten their budgets to take care of their immediate families as well as the needs of their aging parents.
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About Independa
Independa believes that the elderly are vitally important to family members, their community, and our culture as a whole. That’s why we created IndependaTV™ and IndependaTVe™, the world’s first and only TV with an embedded engagement platform designed for older adults.
IndependaTV™ enables stronger connections between caregivers and their elderly loved ones with a beautifully designed and user friendly TV that allows you to monitor their health and well being, coordinates appointments and events, and engages them with their families through video chat when you can’t be there.
IndependaTVe™ enables senior living communities and their staff to generate a higher occupancy ramp, reduce staff inefficiencies, and improve the quality of life and engagement for their residents.
IndependaTVePlus™ is integrated with a wide range of medical, environmental and activity monitoring devices allowing clinical staff to respond when something isn’t quite right.
