ELDER CARE AT HOME


Elder care at home

Elder care often becomes necessary when the elder starts experiencing difficulty with activities of daily living, both independently and safely. Daily activities may include cleaning, cooking, dressing, bathing, driving, taking medicines, etc.

Elder Care is mostly needed when there is a gradual decline in an elder’s health with growing age, but it may also arise in emergency cases. For example, the elder one in your family is recovering from a broken joint or recently had a heart stroke and is still going through the cognitive and physical after effects

 

The type of elder care that is ideal for a person is majorly dependent upon the type and severity of health conditions he/she suffers from, and the challenges experienced as a result.

Getting old could be a difficult experience when your health starts to deteriorate and you get increasingly dependent on others for your daily activities. It is at this time that the elderly requires the most care and compassion. The importance of proper elderly care can never be overstated as they too deserve the dignity of life. Although modern constraints of life do not always allow people to take care of their elderly, however, they can always opt for appropriate elderly home health care services for the smooth functioning of their life.

 

 

Some of The Common Reasons People Seek Elder Care Include:

 

  1. PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES

  2. COGNITIVE DIFFICULTIES

  3. EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS

  4. DEMENTIA CARE

  5. ORTHO CARE – HIP/KNEE REPLACEMENT CARE  

  6. POST COVID CARE

  7. POST HOSPITALIZATION /STROKE CARE   

  8. COMPANIONSHIP CARE

  9. PARKINSON’S CARE