Comfort Care and Communication
When we think about communication, many of us think about talking on the phone, texting, sending an email, or speaking face to face. Many seniors have a difficult time with communication. They may have lost some of their hearing, they may have lost mobility, their eyesight may not be what it once was, and they may be working through issues of social anxiety.
When seniors choose to remain at home despite physical, emotional, or cognitive impairments, they may need support to do so. Common supports include light housekeeping, cooking, laundry, transportation, personal care (bathing, grooming, dressing), etc. For as nice, and even necessary, as these services are, many seniors need something much more important: …show more content…
For example, most people do not interact and develop a relationship with hotel maids, flight attendants, dry cleaners, and so forth. That is not to say you don't exchange pleasantries, but they have a job to do and you have your life to live. Many in home senior care services are provided in the same way. Somebody comes in and takes care of tasks or chores for your loved one. Then they go home.
Comfort care takes this to another level. With Comfort Keepers interactive support, your senior loved one is part of the care equation. The caregiver interacts with them, works beside them, engages with them, and gets to know them as a person.
For many seniors, the comfort in comfort care is more important than the care. Too many seniors were vibrant individuals with the world at their fingertips in their younger years, but now they have nobody to share their life, their stories, and their wisdom with. Comfort care gives seniors an opportunity to communicate with somebody who is going to take the time to listen.
Even better, comfort care personnel have been trained to listen. They understand the difficulty that loss of hearing, sight, memory, mobility, etc. has on the ability to communicate, and they are able to make the necessary
When we think about communication, many of us think about talking on the phone, texting, sending an email, or speaking face to face. Many seniors have a difficult time with communication. They may have lost some of their hearing, they may have lost mobility, their eyesight may not be what it once was, and they may be working through issues of social anxiety.
When seniors choose to remain at home despite physical, emotional, or cognitive impairments, they may need support to do so. Common supports include light housekeeping, cooking, laundry, transportation, personal care (bathing, grooming, dressing), etc. For as nice, and even necessary, as these services are, many seniors need something much more important: …show more content…
For example, most people do not interact and develop a relationship with hotel maids, flight attendants, dry cleaners, and so forth. That is not to say you don't exchange pleasantries, but they have a job to do and you have your life to live. Many in home senior care services are provided in the same way. Somebody comes in and takes care of tasks or chores for your loved one. Then they go home.
Comfort care takes this to another level. With Comfort Keepers interactive support, your senior loved one is part of the care equation. The caregiver interacts with them, works beside them, engages with them, and gets to know them as a person.
For many seniors, the comfort in comfort care is more important than the care. Too many seniors were vibrant individuals with the world at their fingertips in their younger years, but now they have nobody to share their life, their stories, and their wisdom with. Comfort care gives seniors an opportunity to communicate with somebody who is going to take the time to listen.
Even better, comfort care personnel have been trained to listen. They understand the difficulty that loss of hearing, sight, memory, mobility, etc. has on the ability to communicate, and they are able to make the necessary