Recent research indicates that there’s an unexpectedly strong connection between social needs and health—even longevity. Four out of five physicians (85 percent) in one survey reported that unmet social needs contribute directly to worsening health. The doctors reported that a patient’s social needs are equally important to deal with as their medical issues.
Your aging parent’s physician cannot cure your aging parent’s isolation and loneliness by writing a prescription. Overcoming such emotional challenges can be challenging for seniors, especially if they live on their own. As seniors grow older, they often lose contact with others due to specific situations that limit or prohibit their ability to travel, drive a car or stay in touch with family and friends in other ways.
However, an answer is available. A Better Home Care’s caregivers can bridge the social gap for those growing older and living alone. Senior home companions monitor a senior’s safety, manage their health and wellness, and deal with regular household chores—also offering much-needed companionship and social interaction. Companions for the elderly meet an elderly parent’s social needs by engaging in supportive conversation, assisting in planning of social outings, offering a little friendly encouragement to keep the senior mentally active and encouraging them to engage in light exercise.
Seniors often desire to relive happy memories and reminisce, affirm who they are, or discover insights about their life. When your senior parent longs to remember and reminisce about life experiences, or talk about favorite personal stories or discuss their grandchildren, an in-home companion caregiver can be a friendly and caring listener.
Maintaining a degree of independence and activity is essential for the well-being and happiness of your senior parent. Our home companions assist in arranging visits with family and friends, visits with grandchildren, doing crafts and scrapbooking, or even in scheduling vacations.
It is well-known that exercise is a key to good health, but it may be particularly true for seniors. Through participation in enjoyable activities, seniors can develop greater mobility and quality of life and feel more independent. However, they may still be in need of a little encouragement. Our companions can accompany your elderly family member on walks and encourage consistent light exercise.
Research now indicates that remaining mentally active can prevent a great deal of the mental decline associated with aging. Through our companion services for seniors, our home companions can help organize pastimes, hobbies and games to help your senior parent remain mentally active, and engaged.
If your aging parent requires considerable help on a “live-in” basis, A Better Care Option can provide a live-in caregiver to assist with all aspects of daily living—meal preparation, light housekeeping, shopping for groceries, general errands, bathing, dressing, grooming and managing of transportation.
Our live-in caregivers for seniors can help reduce fall risk, provide emotional support and offer supervision. Live-in caregivers stay overnight in the elderly person’s home. Although they do sleep during the overnight shift, they are there to assist the client whenever needed at any hour.
Caregivers do more than watch your loved one; they also provide caring, compassionate assistance. Each of our caregivers is experienced in finding what would make their clients most comfortable, as well as predicting their needs before being asked for assistance.
In 24 Hour Care, several caregivers rotate shifts to ensure someone is always available, alert, and there when necessary.
Some older adults require continuous care in order to be able to stay in the comfort of their own homes. Seniors in need of 24/7 supervised care may wake often, wander, experience dementia or suffer from a chronic medical condition requiring continuous monitoring.
For these elderly individuals, A Better Care Option can provide rotating live-in caregivers who work 8- or 12-hour shifts to make sure the elderly person’s needs are met at all times.
Some aging loved ones do not require 24 Hour Care, but their families do require someone to supervise their loved one’s needs while the family member rests. Overnight care provides a caregiver every night who stays awake so that family members can get some rest.
Although you want to be available at all times for your loved one, when they require care or monitoring 24 hours a day, you may be concerned about when you will be able to sleep or go to work. A Better Care Option caregivers are available at any time to offer care.
When your loved one has Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, limited mobility issues, or has recently been discharged from the hospital, around the clock home care service can be an effective care solution.
A Better Care Option’s 24 Hour Care services are designed for families whose loved one requires around-the-clock care. 24 Hour Care is especially effective for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia, people who have difficulty getting up and moving from place to place in the house, people in recovery from surgery or other hospital care, or people in hospice care. 24 hour care provides comfort to patients who know someone will be available to assist them, and to family caregivers who need peace of mind.
If your loved one requires 24 Hour Care but not round-the-clock surveillance, Sleep Over Care is the solution for them. Caregivers must have a place to sleep and are there for a period of several days to assist your loved one. 24 Hour Care services are very useful for families who require round-the-clock care for their loved one.