Senior Home Care: 5 Signs Your Elder May Need In Home Care
Many seniors have the desire to remain independent and age-in-place. They have no desire to downsize their home or live in an assisted living community. The reality is, however, that they cannot manage on their own. This is not only scary when it is realized, but it is most scary when your senior loved one does not realize that they are in need of help.
Sometimes, seniors understand that things are not right, but they cope the best they can. They are often in denial about the seriousness of the issues and just hope that everything will turn out all right. It's hard enough to ask for help when you know you need it, but asking for help when you really don't believe that you do is an entirely different problem. Sadly, many loved ones are not sure how to bring the issue of help and assistance up, and without being sure there is a problem they wait, often until it is too …show more content…
This may be seen through collections of unopened mail, unwashed dishes, and dirty laundry. The next step is to find out why the work is not being done. Is your loved one forgetting about the tasks? Do they start them but then get distracted or forget what they were doing? Perhaps there is a physical ailment such as arthritis that is making the work too painful. Whatever the case, this is a definite sign that a conversation about home care needs to take place.
Another sign that help is likely needed is a deterioration in personal hygiene. Regularly uncombed hair, unbrushed teeth, a lack of showering, unpleasant body odor, smells of urine in the home, and so forth are signs that your senior loved one may need assistance with their personal care. This is not a big deal; home care personnel are reading and able to help, but your loved one needs to understand that they need the help and agree to is
Many seniors have the desire to remain independent and age-in-place. They have no desire to downsize their home or live in an assisted living community. The reality is, however, that they cannot manage on their own. This is not only scary when it is realized, but it is most scary when your senior loved one does not realize that they are in need of help.
Sometimes, seniors understand that things are not right, but they cope the best they can. They are often in denial about the seriousness of the issues and just hope that everything will turn out all right. It's hard enough to ask for help when you know you need it, but asking for help when you really don't believe that you do is an entirely different problem. Sadly, many loved ones are not sure how to bring the issue of help and assistance up, and without being sure there is a problem they wait, often until it is too …show more content…
This may be seen through collections of unopened mail, unwashed dishes, and dirty laundry. The next step is to find out why the work is not being done. Is your loved one forgetting about the tasks? Do they start them but then get distracted or forget what they were doing? Perhaps there is a physical ailment such as arthritis that is making the work too painful. Whatever the case, this is a definite sign that a conversation about home care needs to take place.
Another sign that help is likely needed is a deterioration in personal hygiene. Regularly uncombed hair, unbrushed teeth, a lack of showering, unpleasant body odor, smells of urine in the home, and so forth are signs that your senior loved one may need assistance with their personal care. This is not a big deal; home care personnel are reading and able to help, but your loved one needs to understand that they need the help and agree to is