Your senior loved one has been relying on you exclusively for help around the house. You’ve been doing the best you can to juggle their needs as well as your job, your family and your own interests. While this has been a rewarding experience, it has also become overwhelming. It’s time to look for more help, and home care assistance is the answer. What services can you delegate to others for your senior parent? Here are just some of the many services that home care assistance provides:
Personal Care Assistance
There are many personal tasks that senior citizens often start needing help with as they get even older. Some of these tasks include:
- Washing their hair
- Taking a bath or shower
- Getting dressed or undressed
If your elderly loved one is needing help with basic personal care tasks, you may want to get them home care assistance. The home care providers that come out to their house can assist with these tasks for a short time or they can be there throughout the day to help whenever it is needed, as well.
Household Chores
Is your elderly loved one having difficulty keeping up on their household chores? Maybe, you noticed they have to get groceries more often or they have loads of laundry that haven’t been done. It could be minor yard work or vacuuming that needs to be done, as well. Home care assistance can help with the household chores your elderly loved one struggles with. If this sounds like something your elderly loved one needs, don’t hesitate to reach out to a home care agency team today.
Meal Prep and Cooking
Does your elderly loved one have trouble making healthy meals these days? It could just be that they don’t have the energy by dinner to make a good meal. It could be that they aren’t in the mood to make a full, healthy meal for just one person, but maybe they would if someone was there to share in that meal. If you notice that your elderly loved one is eating a lot of processed or frozen meals or that they are skipping meals, it may be best to get them home care assistance, which includes help with meal planning, preparation, and cooking.
If you want to know more about how home care assistance can help with meal prep and cooking, reach out to talk to a team member today.
Conclusion
Have you noticed that your elderly loved one could use some more support than they are getting? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the help that you are already giving to your elderly loved one with everything else that you have going on? If either of these questions sparks a yes, then it may be a good idea to get home care assistance for your elderly loved one. Home care assistance can come to their home as few or as many hours as they need to help with personal care assistance, household chores, meal prep, cooking, and many other tasks, too.
Sources
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/aging-place-growing-older-home#support
If you are considering home care assistance 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.
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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