Do you know what companion care is? It’s a form of home care that helps older adults age at home. It can be as simple as having someone stop by once a week to take you shopping or as complex as having a caregiver available every day for a few hours to cook, clean, and offer reminders.
Companion care services are customized to meet your mom and dad’s needs. It’s a way to ensure they socialize and have help around the home. Here are some of the situations where companion care services are essential.
Your Dad Lives Alone and Cannot Drive
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Since developing macular degeneration, your dad cannot safely drive. That doesn’t stop him from needing to pick up prescription refills or going grocery shopping.
Caregivers can stop in as often as needed and drive him to stores or pick up items for him. While they’re with him, he has a friend to talk to. Caregivers can engage in conversations with him, join him on a social outing, or eat a meal with him.
Your Mom Fell Down the Stairs
While carrying her laundry basket to the basement, your mom missed a step and fell. It’s been determined that the basement steps are too dangerous for her. You could install a stairlift, but that’s an expensive venture.
Instead, hire senior care services and have caregivers come by to do her laundry for her each week. The caregiver can do her laundry, let her fold it or fold it for her, and put it away if desired. During the caregiver’s visit, companionship is also part of the arrangement.
Your Dad Has the Flu
Your dad has the flu and needs a couple of weeks to recover. During that time, he’s worried about his laundry piling up. Caregivers can stop by while he’s sick and do the housework and laundry, make sure he’s drinking enough water and juice, and bring him medications at the right time.
Your Parents Don’t Cook Healthy Meals
Arthritis has made it hard for your mom and dad to chop ingredients. They can’t lift a heavy pot or dish from the stove or oven. Because of this struggle, they order Chinese takeout and pizzas frequently. Their doctor wants them to stop eating foods high in sodium, sugars, and saturated fat.
Companionship services include having caregivers stopping by as desired to cook meals and snacks. If your parents don’t want to eat alone, they can have their caregivers stay for lunch or dinner. After eating, caregivers can clean the kitchen, rush the dishwasher, and put away the clean dishes.
Talk to a senior care agency about these and other benefits of companion care. Your mom and dad don’t have to be alone and lonely. Pick up the phone and call your local senior care agency today.
If You Or An Aging Loved One Are Considering Hiring Senior Care in Redington Beach, FL, Please Contact The Caring Staff At Assisting Hands Home Care Today! 727-748-4211.
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Becky Moultrie is Owner and Administrator of Assisting Hands Home Care Serving Pinellas. Guided by a motto to Do Good with Love, she’s well positioned to do just that at Assisting Hands. She has a passion for helping families keep seniors and those who are diabled happy and healthy at home. She serves on a number of boards in Pinellas County including the Pinellas Park Gateway Chamber and Better Living Seniors (BLS), leading the Membership Committee. Annually, she hosts a Silver Santa Party, collecting donations for nearly 100 low income seniors in the county. She attends Blessed Sacrament Church, Seminole where she is an Ascribed Member of the Rosminian Order. When not busy Doing Good in the community, Becky is at home with her husband David & their 4 children, tending to their beehives and digging in the garden.
