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Have An Elderly Parent And Need Help? Hire In-Home Senior Care
Adrian Cano
If you have an elderly parent that needs help, this can be difficult for you or other family members. This is especially true if you and your family members have families and jobs that you have to go to each day. One thing you can do to help is to hire an in-home senior care service. Below are three services they can provide to your parent.
Maintain Their Home
It can take a lot of work to keep a home maintained, such as keeping it clean. If your parent is not able to do things on their own and you cannot find time to do this, the in-home senior care service can do this for your parent.
The service can do housekeeping to keep the home clean. They can also do laundry and any shopping that may need to be done. The service can also do gardening services outside, such as picking weeds, watering flowers, etc. There are some services that can help you with financial problems, such as paying bills, keeping up with appointments, and much more.
Provide Personal Care
If your parent is at the point where they are having a hard time caring for themself, a personal care service can do this for them. They can help your parent choose their clothes and to dress each day. They can help them with bathing. They can assist them when going to the bathroom.
The personal care service can also help your parent choose the right food and can even help prepare food. This is especially beneficial if your parent is on a special diet, such as needing to watch their sugar or fat intake. Your parent may also forget to turn off a stove or a burner when they are cooking.
Modify Home
If your parent has problems with mobility, the senior in-home care service can help make modifications to your parent's home. They may have someone else come to their home to make these changes. The service will tell you the changes they are making so you can approve them.
Changes they make may be installing grab bars in the bathroom shower and next to the toilet. If your parent has a two-story home, a ramp can be installed to make it easier for them to go upstairs. If the only bathroom they have is upstairs, they may suggest you install a new bathroom downstairs. This is a bit expensive but will make things much safer and easier for your parent.
Contact a few in-home senior care services in your area, such as Comfort Keepers South Orange County, until you and your parent find someone you feel comfortable working with.
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If you have a home health care worker in your home, you know very well how helpful he or she can be. What you may not know is what all that worker is supposed to be doing while in your home. Does the service provide general housecleaning services? Should he or she be doing laundry for the one that they are caring for? My blog will show you what services may or may not be offered by home health care services so that you can look further into what the service you have hired is supposed to be doing in your home.