Companion Care: What In Home Companionship Care is Offered by Comfort Keepers?
In home care services provided by Comfort Keepers goes beyond the standard care offered by most senior care providers. Perhaps the greatest component of these services is companion care.
Companion care is typically defined as emotional and social support for seniors who choose to remain at home but need assistance to remain independent. Personal care services would include such things as bathing, grooming, toileting, dressing, and the like. Companion care would go beyond the standard personal care or housekeeping services and keep the senior socially engaged, mentally active, and emotionally healthy.
Let's look at some ways that Comfort Keeper brings companionship into their equation.
Conversation. Perhaps the easiest way to engage with your …show more content…
Going beyond simple conversation, the sharing of memories is an important part of many dementia regimens, but it is also beneficial for all seniors. Taking the time to go through a photo album, review a Facebook site, or discuss the knick knacks and home décor gives the senior a chance to remember and reflect. Having somebody to share their memories with isn't just fun, it has a number of positive health outcomes as well.
Meals. Many times seniors do not eat healthy meals because they do not care to prepare food and dine alone. By providing the companionship often missing during this experience, seniors not only remember the joy of cooking, but they get the benefit of an improved diet.
Exercise. The number one reason seniors drop out of exercise programs is not pain or difficulty, it is boredom. Whether the program calls for a walk in the mall, tai chi in the park, gardening, or the latest dance craze, exercise is more fun when it is not done alone. In the case of water aerobics or other specialized program, the caregiver does not necessarily have to participate, but those conversations coming and going are
In home care services provided by Comfort Keepers goes beyond the standard care offered by most senior care providers. Perhaps the greatest component of these services is companion care.
Companion care is typically defined as emotional and social support for seniors who choose to remain at home but need assistance to remain independent. Personal care services would include such things as bathing, grooming, toileting, dressing, and the like. Companion care would go beyond the standard personal care or housekeeping services and keep the senior socially engaged, mentally active, and emotionally healthy.
Let's look at some ways that Comfort Keeper brings companionship into their equation.
Conversation. Perhaps the easiest way to engage with your …show more content…
Going beyond simple conversation, the sharing of memories is an important part of many dementia regimens, but it is also beneficial for all seniors. Taking the time to go through a photo album, review a Facebook site, or discuss the knick knacks and home décor gives the senior a chance to remember and reflect. Having somebody to share their memories with isn't just fun, it has a number of positive health outcomes as well.
Meals. Many times seniors do not eat healthy meals because they do not care to prepare food and dine alone. By providing the companionship often missing during this experience, seniors not only remember the joy of cooking, but they get the benefit of an improved diet.
Exercise. The number one reason seniors drop out of exercise programs is not pain or difficulty, it is boredom. Whether the program calls for a walk in the mall, tai chi in the park, gardening, or the latest dance craze, exercise is more fun when it is not done alone. In the case of water aerobics or other specialized program, the caregiver does not necessarily have to participate, but those conversations coming and going are