If you’re trying to take care of your mom and juggle your job, kids, and other responsibilities you probably feel guilty a lot of the time. Guilt is a part of life when you’re a caregiver because it feels like someone who needs you is getting short-changed. But you don’t have to struggle with that guilt. Let home care providers help you take care of your mom.
Home care is a service for seniors where seniors get regular visits from a trained and experienced caregiver who can help them with almost anything that needs to get done. And you can focus on your job, your kids, or getting the break that you need because you know that your mom is being taken care of.
Some of the things that home care can do for your mom are:
Medication Reminders
A home care provider can remind your mom when it’s time to take her medications so that she doesn’t forget and miss doses. They can also help your mom by setting medication alarms, sorting and pre-filling her medication boxes, making sure she has any refills she needs, and shopping for any over-the-counter medications that she usually has in the house if they run low.
Meal Preparation
As your mom gets older cooking might be getting more difficult for her. A home care provider can prepare nutritious meals that are also interesting and tasty to tempt your mom to eat. And by sharing meals with your mom a care provider will be giving your mom the attention and companionship that will make meals more enjoyable.
Housekeeping
Home care includes light housekeeping, so your mom won’t have to worry about tasks like laundry, sweeping, mopping, doing dishes, dusting, or vacuuming. Not having to do repetitive and sometimes painful household chores will lower the risk that your mom will fall or get hurt.
Companionship
Caregivers provide social interaction and emotional support, so your mom won’t be lonely. This is really important when you can’t visit more than a couple of times per week or even a couple of times per year if you live far away. Your mom can thrive at home with regular company from a home care provider.
Transportation
If your mom has stopped driving she may stop leaving the house because she’s anxious about taking taxis or rideshares. A lot of seniors are. But a home care provider can drive your mom to medical appointments, take her shopping or out to run errands and make sure that she gets wherever she wants to go safely.
Errands And Shopping
If your mom isn’t well enough to go out but needs to have errands run or shopping done a care provider can do those things for her. With a shopping list and a task list, a care provider will make sure that your mom gets everything she wants and that all of her errands get done. And that means when you can visit your mom you won’t have to spend time running errands for her, cleaning for her, or doing other chores. You can focus on spending quality time with your mom.
If you or an aging loved one are considering Home Care Services in Brookville PA please get in touch with the caring staff at Quality Health Services.
Call today! Northern Counties: (814) 251-9044
Blair, Cambria, & Centre Counties: (582) 220-2127
Quality Health Services is a trusted non-medical senior care provider in Dubois, Punxsutawney, Bellefonte, Jefferson, Brockway, Brookville, Clearfield, St Marys, Emporium, Philipsburg, Blair County, Cambria County, and Centre County, PA areas.
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