Helping The Elderly At Home | Laurels care

Whether it’s a parent, a grandparent, a relative, a friend, or even ourselves, the new challenges and changes that come with aging require our flexibility, openness to change, and acceptance of a new way of life. Instead of focusing on the negatives we may associate with our senior years and long-term care (any decline in health, physical mobility, cognitive ability, and social isolation), we need to take a non-judgmental attitude to the natural changes our bodies go through and focus on what we can do during our later years.

Indeed, the ability to stay in one’s home in our older years instead of a nursing home is a positive and empowering concept and, in this day and age, it is becoming more and more of a preferred and achievable lifestyle choice.

Technology advances, home modifications, Live-in care services, and the involvement and engagement of our family members make aging at home a realistic goal for many. Read on to see what we can do and what is currently available for helping the elderly so they can live their best lives at home.

Give Your Loved Ones The Best Care

Caring for parents as they age is never easy. The help from home care services allows you to maintain your relationship while providing the best care possible.

Making sure your loved ones are safe, healthy, and happy in their own homes as they age is of primary importance. It is the key to helping the elderly age well at home. We need to ensure that the activities of daily living (ADL) are met efficiently and safely.

The basic ADL activities are typically listed as:

·         Eating

·         Functional Mobility
(moving from one place to another while performing activities such getting in and out of bed, in and out of a chair)

·         Dressing

·         Bathing or Showering

·         Personal Hygiene
(includes brushing/styling hair, shaving, grooming activities)

·         Toilet Hygiene
(includes getting to the toilet, self-cleaning, getting up from the toilet)

In addition, we also need to consider instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). IADLs most often refer to the following types of activities:

·         Cleaning and Maintaining the Home

·         Cooking and Preparing Meals

·         Shopping and Buying Necessities

·         Running Errands (Moving within the community)

·         Managing Money and Finances

·         Communicating (Through phone or other devices)

·         Taking Prescribed Medications

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