When a few hours of care in the morning or afternoon aren’t enough, it’s time to look at 24-hour home care. This service ensures someone is with your mom and dad throughout the day and night. If you’re a family caregiver and need overnight coverage, 24-hour care is a must.
Maximize the benefits of 24-hour home care to ensure your family gets all of the needed coverage and services. Here’s how.
Explain the Need to Your Mom and Dad
Talk to your parents about the benefits and reasons they need 24-hour care. If you surprise them with around-the-clock caregivers, it will lead to frustration and refusal. Give them time to adjust to the changes.
As you explain the benefits, carefully listen to their input. If they have valid concerns, take time to weigh the pros and cons with them. Make sure they’re not putting their comfort ahead of their safety. Safety has to come first.
Schedule Carefully With Other Family Members
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Carefully schedule visits and outings with family members. You don’t want to hire a 24-hour caregiver and learn that your sister made plans to take your parents out of town for a weekend getaway.
Build a schedule that you can share online, and be sure you share access to that calendar. When others have plans that reduce or eliminate the need for caregivers on certain days, they need to note it on the calendar.
Make Sure the Home Is Comfortable to a Caregiver Regardless of the Hour
Being in another person’s house is always a little uncomfortable. Even professional caregivers feel some level of discomfort at first. If they’re there late at night, it can be more challenging. Make sure the home is set up to be comfortable.
If your parents like to turn down the heat when they sleep at night, the caregiver shouldn’t have to be cold. Keep the heat on for the caregiver. Your parents can crack their bedroom window or run a fan.
Set Clear Expectations
Set clear expectations for everyone, including your parents, to follow. Your parents need to work with their caregiver and avoid being stubborn or refusing to cooperate. Your siblings have to remember the caregiver is there to do a job. They shouldn’t encourage your parents to act up.
Use these tips and make sure that 24-hour home care does everything you need it to do. Once you know what care your parents need, talk to an expert about pricing and scheduling. You’ll be able to arrange 24-hour home care during that call.
If You Or An Aging Loved One Are Considering Hiring 24-Hour Home Care in Largo, 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.
