Living in a clean and uncluttered home allows your elderly or disabled loved one to enjoy a greater sense of well-being. Germs that stay on countertops and other areas need to be disinfected and cleansed to prevent bacterial and viral infections. Refrigerators and food storage areas need to be kept free of expired or spoiled foods in order to prevent food-borne illnesses. To avoid fire hazards, stoves, toasters, ovens and other appliances must be checked and cleaned regularly to prevent build-up of grease, oils or crumbs. As a senior, it’s a challenge to avoid clutter or clean all the many areas of one’s living area. A Better Care Option’s light housekeeping services can be a true lifesaver. By leaving all the dirty work to us, your aging parent or disabled family member can enjoy the peace of mind provided by a clean and clutter-free home.
For people of all ages, gardening can be a favorite hobby. However, due to aging issues such as rheumatism, bad knees or an aching back, many seniors are forced to give up gardening because all the digging and bending is overwhelming. There’s a better alternative. Your senior parent can continue to enjoy their gardening hobby with assistance from one of our caregivers, available for help with light gardening tasks.
If you see a pile of late notices or unpaid bills in your parent’s home, this may not indicate a problem with their finances, but simply with their financial organization skills. They may financially be able to pay the bills—but they may be forgetting to write checks or misplacing monthly statements. Included in our light housekeeping services, our caregiver companions can assist your parent in organizing their bills and payments as well as in staying in touch with family and friends via email, photosharing and social networking.
Everyone benefits from a clean and organized kitchen, especially aging parents who still enjoy cooking. Our in-home caregivers can help maintain safety and cleanliness in your senior parent’s kitchen by offering light housekeeping services such as regular cleaning of countertops, loading and running the dishwasher, sweeping floors and putting back clean kitchen items in cupboards and drawers. The chance of accidents is reduced by removing extra pots, dishes or other items close to the cooking area.
A private and personal sanctuary for everyone, the bathroom can become one of the most hazardous rooms for the elderly. A slippery floor, bathtub or shower surface or poorly placed rug can lead to a dangerous fall. A neat and well-organized bathroom medicine cabinet is essential to avoid prescription or medication mix-ups. Through A Better Care Option’s light housekeeping services, our caregivers can make sure that your aging parent or disabled family member’s bathroom is organized, sanitized and clean, providing the safest and healthiest environment possible.
Maintaining a clean and neat personal appearance is as important as ever for your elderly parent. Our in-home caregivers can help your loved one look their best with light housekeeping services such as managing laundry loads, and folding and ironing clothes.
Getting into a bed at night with fresh, clean sheets is irresistible, but changing bed linens can be a challenge for seniors and the disabled. Through our light housekeeping services, our in-home caregivers will make sure your family member enjoys a comfortable, clean bed for a good night’s sleep every night.
After some minor accidents, you may be wondering if your aging parent should still be driving. This may be a sign that driving safely is an issue due to problems with vision, slower reaction time or confusion. Before your parent’s driving becomes hazardous, it’s important to engage in a serious discussion about giving up driving. Before mentioning the idea, it’s useful to have good alternatives in mind, such as the senior errand assistance offered by A Better Care Option.
Your aging parents will probably resist giving up the independence that driving provides, but the good news is that A Better Care Option’s elderly transportation assistance makes it possible for them to continue to run errands, go to doctor’s appointments and spend time with friends and family—all without driving themselves. If your parent would prefer staying at home to read a book or do gardening instead of running errands, that’s also an option through A Better Care Option’s senior errand assistance.
For your aging parent, driving to an appointment can lead to confusion, or inability to negotiate traffic entering and exiting parking lots. Aging parents who are no longer sure of their driving skills may not know how to arrange for other transportation and may miss essential doctor’s appointments. They may not want to place a burden on their children by requesting a ride. It’s reassuring to know that A Better Care Option provides senior home care assistance with transportation. Our caregivers can arrange transportation and accompany your senior parent to appointments.
Missing doctor’s appointments and problems following doctor’s orders can have a serious impact on an aging parent’s health. These difficulties may be indicators that an aging parent is dealing with memory loss or is in need of senior home care transportation services. We can assist. A Better Care Option in-home caregiver can help maintain your aging parent’s schedule and remind your parent of medical appointments as well as how to follow doctor’s orders.
Picking up prescriptions, doing grocery shopping, standing in line at the post office, returning a library book. Errands can become an extensive list of tasks that can be overwhelming to an aging parent, especially one with transportation challenges. Our caregivers can provide senior home care errand help–while your parent enjoys time reading a good book or gardening.