Do you have an elderly loved one living at home with you or perhaps living nearby enough that you are providing a lot of care for them consistently? Providing care for an elderly loved one can easily add up to extra hours needed each week as you help your loved one with home care needs, personal care needs, and daily living needs. A client advocacy services team can step in and support the care of your loved one by managing all of the client advocacy services you might need.
Ten Common Ways Caregivers Support Their Elderly Loved Ones
Take a look at this list and think about how many of these activities you help your loved one with each day, each week, or each month. Then imagine what your day will look like in five years, 10 years, or more as your loved one continues to age and perhaps needs more assistance.
Transportation Assistance. Your loved one may need help getting to appointments and events if she can no longer drive safely.
Emotional Support. If your loved one is alone, you might be the only one she can talk to and share her feelings with. Your emotional support is important to her mental health.
Home Safety and Repair. If your loved one is still living on her own, you might find yourself the one responsible for fixing that broken step, making sure smoke alarm batteries are replaced, and installing railings at all the stairways.
Home Chore Help. Your loved one might be at the point where she needs help with laundry, cleaning, or maintaining the yard.
Meals. Whether your loved one lives with you or independently, you might be responsible for ensuring that she’s eating well and getting the fresh and healthy meals she needs.
Promote Physical Activity. From bringing your loved one to the senior center to attend a senior swim class to taking morning walks with your loved one each day, you help your loved one stay physically active so that her overall health remains in good shape.
Errand Running. Your loved one may depend on you to bring her to the pharmacist, take her shopping at the grocery store, or bring her to the beautician for her weekly hair appointments.
Attend Doctor Appointments. It can be helpful for your loved one to have a second pair of ears to hear what the doctor is recommending for treatment, as well as have an advocate to speak up about health concerns that she might not feel comfortable discussing on her own.
Social Engagement. Staying socially engaged is important for your loved one’s mental and cognitive health, so you might find yourself helping her sign up for classes or bringing her to social events.
Money Management. Finally, many caregivers help their loved ones pay their bills on time, create budgets, and track spending.
The Giant Time Consumption of Caregiving
While all of those ten items can add up, one of the caregiver tasks that many caregivers struggle with is finding the resources and coordinating all of the loose ends for their loved one. A client advocacy services team member will provide a professional assessment and help you with the paperwork and time needed to ensure your loved one receives all the services she should have. They perform the planning, coordination, supervision, and management of numerous services so you can focus on spending time with your loved one and not on the phone or the internet.
If you or an aging loved one is considering Client Advocacy Services in Catasauqua, PA, please get in touch with the caring staff at Extended Family Care Allentown today. Call 610-432-6766
Extended Family Care Allentown is a Trusted Home Care Agency in Allentown, Pennsylvania, including Bethlehem, Easton, Emmaus, Macungie, Whitehall, Schnecksville, Catasauqua, Northampton, and Nazareth.
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