Eleven percent of family caregivers live more than an hour from their parents. If there’s an emergency, you’re just not close enough to quickly get there. When you live in another city, state, or country, how can you ensure your mom gets the help she needs? Elder care can be there for your mom when you can’t. Here’s how:
She Has a Ride to Her Appointments
Your mom’s elder care aide can drive her to her dental and medical appointments. When she’s in the office, the caregiver can sit and wait in the waiting room. If your mom would rather have a caregiver with her in the exam room, that’s an option, too.
After the appointment, your mom’s aide can help her schedule the next appointment. If you’re supposed to get an update, the caregiver will email or call you with any changes to your mom’s prescriptions or care plan.
Caregivers Cook Meals and Prepare Snacks
Your mom’s elder care aides can talk to her about the meals and snacks she wants to have throughout the week. They’ll work together to build a shopping list for items that aren’t already on hand.
When it’s time for a meal, her caregiver can cook for her. Your mom has company while she eats, and her caregiver washes all the dishes after. If your mom has a dishwasher, her caregiver can turn it on and put away the dishes when they’re clean and dry.
She Has Help Running Errands
Elder Care in South Pasadena FL
Your mom’s caregiver can help her run errands. She needs to go to the grocery store to purchase the required items for weekly meals and snacks. Your mom’s caregiver is by her side for this trip. Your mom has an aide to carry the bags to the car and into the house.
If your mom needs prescription medications refilled, her caregiver can help her order the refill and pick it up. If the doctor needs to approve the refill, the caregiver can help.
Caregivers Clean Homes and Do the Laundry
You worry about your mom keeping up with housekeeping and laundry. You don’t have to worry anymore. Her elder care aide is there to run a vacuum, dust, change sheets, wash dishes, and do the laundry.
If there are cleaning tasks your mom likes to do, she’s welcome to. But, she doesn’t have to struggle to do tasks that she finds difficult.
Caregivers Provide You With Regular Reports
Do you live in another state and spend a lot of time worrying about your mom? Elder care aides are there to help out. You’ll get regular updates and more information about her activities and ability to do things on her own. Call an elder care advisor to get prices and detailed care plans.
If You Or An Aging Loved One Are Considering Hiring Elder Care in South Pasadena, 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.
