April is National Parkinson’s Awareness Month and if you have someone in your family who has been diagnosed with this disease, you understand the challenges they face daily. You may not fully realize how difficult things could become in the future, but you recognize they require some type of support and assistance almost every day.
With a regimen of prescription medications and other treatment strategies, there are ways to help temper some of the symptoms and tremors associated with Parkinson’s, but the right home care provider can make a world of difference in helping a senior loved one maintain a higher quality of life.
What would home care offer somebody with Parkinson’s?
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First and foremost, if you hire someone to work with your senior at least a few days a week, they would offer consistency. While family may have other obligations, needs, and desires to do each day, a home care aide would be there at the time he or she is needed by that person with Parkinson’s.
So, if family has to get up and go off to a job, for example, a home care aide can stop by and help this individual get out of bed, get showered, and get dressed. Or, if family has to work late or has a job with differing hours, relying on a home care provider to show up at the same time each afternoon or evening means that individual with Parkinson’s will rest assured knowing they will have the help required when the time comes later in the day.
What does a home care aide do with somebody who has Parkinson’s?
It could be a wide range of things. It all depends on how advanced the disease is, whether that individual is living alone or not, and so forth.
A home care aide could help him or her get into and out of the shower, go to the bathroom, help him or her do laundry, prepare meals, get to a doctor’s appointment, go grocery shopping, visit with friends, walk up or down the stairs, and so on.
A home care aide could also assist with getting dressed, going for walks, getting outside and sitting down and enjoying the nice weather, and so much more.
It all depends on the physical abilities, limitations, and desires of that person who has Parkinson’s that will determine which ways a home care aide can be of the most help.
If You Or An Aging Loved One Are Considering Hiring Home Care in Gulfport, 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.
