Since we’re in the business of supporting seniors living at home, let's talk about some of the strategies that our people have found effective in helping to plan for the future, and manage the challenges of the present.
Some of these methods can help professionals and family members alike to support a senior through a difficult time.
Overcoming and Eliminating Obstacles
Overcoming obstacles means solving challenges that seniors have at home, but it also means looking out for physical obstacles that can compromise a person’s safety.
We talked about that in the blog last month, starting with looking for things that seniors could stumble over on the floor, or things like fallen branches outside.
In general, obstacles and other safety hazards are big problems for seniors, and a key part of evaluating their home life is to look for the warning signs as they occur.
Increasing Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a good tenet for anybody in today's society, but it's also helpful for many seniors.
As they become vulnerable to senility and dementia, seniors can keep their minds active to try to promote those healthy brain patterns that will keep them more mentally limber. But mindfulness is more than that, too – it's thinking about your situation and how to improve it, and understanding the reality that you're in, which is in some ways a philosophical struggle and something that caregivers have to do, as well. In other words, something that everyone has to do.
Combating Isolation
We talked about this a couple of months ago, where visiting seniors is critically important for helping them to maintain a positive outlook.
We also talked about the helpful synergy between professional staff and visiting nurses, and family members, who all do the same sort of work, in a way, to keep seniors supported and surrounded by care.
Whether that's an activity log book, helping with day-to-day routines, or anything else, these types of efforts build and combine to offer a better safety net for a senior at home.
Again, you can see more about this on the website, and talk to us about a good place for a family member to be.
Having these conversations early is really good for your family, for a number of reasons. Early planning prevents some of the challenges mentioned above, or makes them easier to overcome. But then you can also choose the parties that you're going to be working with, and when you choose Like Family Home Care, you get an active partner in taking care of your loved ones.
In other words, we take this responsibility seriously and work toward best practices and the best principles of support for elderly residents.
That’s something that's going to benefit your family in the long run!
