Have you been considering how home care could help support your family caregiving efforts? Many families find themselves pondering this question. There’s really no right or wrong answer, as every family is different. Here are some of the ways that home care assistance can provide assistance to your senior in ways that you maybe couldn’t:
Help With Showering and Dressing
Your mom dislikes the thought of having you help her shower and dress. The relationship between you is too personal for her to let you see her at that most intimate moment. A caregiver can help your mom with showering and dressing, which helps her maintain a sense of dignity.
Help With Meals and Menu Planning
You don’t have time to stop by your mom’s house every day and cook meals for her. You can handle that on weekends, but it’s too much to do after work. A home care aide can help your mom plan weekly menus, cook meals for her, and take her grocery shopping if needed.
Help With Appointments and Errands
Your mom has appointments and errands to complete each week. As you work full-time, it’s hard for you to bring her to the different businesses and medical offices each week. When you do, you have to take time off unpaid or use up your personal and vacation days.
Your mom’s caregiver can drive her to medical offices, stores, and other area businesses. Your mom doesn’t have to cancel appointments, and you don’t have to take time off.
Help With Oral Hygiene
Few people want to have to brush and floss their parent’s teeth. Don’t feel embarrassed that you can’t stomach the thought of handling your mom’s oral care. Pay a caregiver to help your mom with her oral hygiene needs.
Help With Housework
You have your own home and all of the household chores that go with it. The last thing you want to do is spend a weekend visit cleaning your mom’s home. If the housework is completed by a paid caregiver, your visits with your mom allow you to have fun or take her out for activities like going to the movies and having dinner after.
Help Staying Social
Your mom loves to socialize with others. It can be challenging to meet your mom’s socialization needs while you’re busy working or spending time with your immediate family. Home care aides are there to keep your mom happy by playing games, engaging in her favorite hobbies, or joining her on daily walks.
When your mom needs home care assistance, you must balance her needs with everyone else’s schedule. Family caregivers can’t drain themselves of time and energy thinking they’d be letting her down if they didn’t help out. Home care assistance provides the means to have a life without leaving your mom to fend for herself.
If you are considering home care assistance in Spring Branch, TX for an aging loved one, please call the caring staff at At Your Side Home Care. We will answer all of your senior care questions. Call today: (832) 271-1600.
Our Certified Nurse Aides, 24-Hour Live-in Assistants and Home Health Aides are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We also provide the security and confidence of 24-hour Telephone Assistance, so fast, reliable help is always available when it's needed. To learn more about our homecare services see our homecare services page.
Different people need different levels of homecare. To meet the requirements of our clients, At Your Side Homecare maintains consistent staffing levels of caring professionals. Homecare service is available for as little as a few hours a week, or as many as 24 hours a day, seven days a week
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