As the COVID-19 situation continues to unfold, some people have wondered if they should take their parent out of a retirement or long term care residence until the stay-at-home orders are lifted. This decision requires a lot of careful thought.

很可能你的父母搬到退休住宅，因为你们都认为这是他们居住的最好的地方。退休住宅致力于确保居民的安全，并帮助他们在疫情期间拥有最好的生活质量。

退休生活最好的方面之一是社会化，在这次大流行期间确实如此。工作人员总是意识到社交联系的需要，定期与住户登记入住，通过“套房内”的娱乐活动与他们互动，比如日常拼图、谜语、填字游戏和糖果袋。这意味着居民从来都不是真正的孤独;这对那些目前无法亲临现场的家庭来说是很大的安慰。

在考虑让父母离开他们的退休住宅之前——像Chartwell这样的经营者强烈反对居民的安全——重要的是要现实地评估你的住宅的设置是否能让你的父母远离病毒，并以一种每个人都能安全快乐地生活在一起的方式。通常情况下，老年人不想离开他们熟悉的舒适和安全的环境。

Older adults in retirement residences are never alone and, if someone were to get sick or the retirement residence to have an outbreak of the virus, staff have the correct PPE equipment, infection controls and enhanced monitoring to continue caring for them.

Rest assured the staff of your parent’s retirement residence is committed to doing everything possible to keep your parent as healthy and happy as possible during the pandemic. Remembering why your mom or dad moved into retirement living in the first place can be very helpful during these times: safety, socialization and attentive care are just some of the benefits of retirement living. Although there is a pandemic right now, the advantages of retirement living continue