If your senior parent wants to continue living at home as they get older, senior home care can help them live independently. With senior home care many seniors, even seniors with medical challenges, mobility challenges, or chronic illnesses can live very comfortably at home.
Senior home care is available locally for all seniors, so even if you provide some care for your senior mom or dad you can get senior home care for them. Having senior home care for your mom or dad a few days each week will give you the time off that you need to take care of other responsibilities.
What Is Senior Home Care?
If you’re not familiar with the benefits of senior home care these are just some of the things that senior home care can do to support your senior mom or dad as they age in place:
Personal Care Assistance
If your mom or dad needs help with hygiene tasks personal care at home is available to help them. Care providers that are trained in personal care help seniors with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting to ensure personal hygiene and comfort.
Medication Reminders
Senior home care providers can remind your mom or dad when they need to take each of the medications that are prescribed for them. That will help make sure that your mom or dad doesn’t miss doses of their medication or take incorrect doses. They can also provide assistance with organizing, administering, and keeping track of medications to ensure they are taken correctly and on time.
Meal Preparation
Many seniors have trouble making healthy meals because cooking can be difficult or even dangerous for seniors. Often when seniors fall or get injured at home those injuries occur in the kitchen. But a senior home care provider can help your mom or dad by preparing healthy and delicious meals and snacks for them.
Housekeeping
Senior home care includes light housekeeping to help seniors stay safe and enjoy a comfortable clean home. Care providers can do such as cleaning, laundry, and changing bed linens so that your mom or dad is as comfortable as possible at home. Having a senior home care provider do housekeeping tasks also means that your mom or dad doesn’t have to risk falling or getting hurt to have a comfortable home and clean clothes, towels, and bedding.
Transportation
If your mom or dad no longer drives a home care provider can help with transportation to medical appointments, grocery shopping, or other errands. Seniors are often much more comfortable having a care provider take them to appointments instead of having to struggle with rideshare services they don’t understand or taxis that aren’t comfortable.
Mobility Assistance
Caregivers also help seniors move safely around their homes, including assistance with walking, transferring from bed to chair, and using mobility aids like walkers or wheelchairs.
Rehabilitation Support
If your senior parent has been in the hospital or is recovering from a fall a care provider can assist them by making meals, encouraging them to do physical therapy exercises, and making sure they have what they need during their recovery.
If you are considering senior home care in Houston, 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.
At Your Side Home Care, provides exceptional home care assistance for seniors and families in Houston, West Houston, Katy, Memorial, The Heights, Spring Valley, Garden Oaks, Hunters Creek, River Oaks, Hilshire Village, Galleria, Cinco Ranch, Spring Branch, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Richmond, Rosenburg, Piney Point, Bay City and surrounding areas.
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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