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Elder Care Services

Care for the Elderly Right At Home

Elder Care ServicesAs older adults continue to age, their physical and mental capacities can diminish, causing them to have difficulty with daily life activities.  These changes can be subtle and difficult for friends, family members and loved ones to detect sometimes.  

Seniors will typically not ask for help because they are trying to keep their struggles private, maintain their independence and not be a burden to family members and friends.  

The following list is a great way for friends and family members to analyze whether their loved one needs help and move in the right direction to getting them the help they need.

10 Warning Signs Your Elder Loved One May Need Assistance:

  1. Changed up relationship routines, causing family members/friends/neighbors to become worrisome.
  2. Eating habits have changed leading to loss of appetite, missed meals, and/or loss of weight.
  3. Appearance of the home changes with obvious neglect in cleanliness, sanitation and upkeep.
  4. Stops participating in their normal activities that used to be important to them (going to religious service, card night, book club etc.)
  5. Makes unusual purchases such as entering a lot of contests, increases purchases from TV advertising, buys multiple subscriptions to the same magazine & more.
  6. Acting unusually loud, quiet, agitated, or making phone calls at all hours and other inappropriate behavior.
  7. Neglects their own personal hygiene by having bad breath, body odor, sores on the skin etc.
  8. Physical marks begin to appear such as burns and cuts from weak physical body, forgetfulness, misuse of alcohol/medication & more
  9. Shows forgetfulness with not refilling prescriptions, unopened mail, stacks of newspapers, missing appointments & more.
  10. Poor handing of finances with not paying bills, paying bills more than once, hiding money, losing money and other financial gaffes.

How Home Helpers Can Help

Our home care services allow loved ones to continue to age in their home instead of an assisted living facility or a nursing home.  We will tailor a care program based on each individual's needs.  We can organize services from 24/7 care to just an hour a week, it is completely built around the patient and their needs.  

Home care is an affordable solution compared to a facility and helps patients feel comfortable in their familiar scenery of their home that they treasure so much.  Our caregivers will treat them as their own family members and make sure they can enjoy daily activities.

Fill our your FREE in-home consultation form today and we will arrange a meeting to go over you or your loved one's needs and see if our home care services are the right plan for everyone involved.

 Below are some of our wide range of services that we offer to help you or your loved one to continue living their life at home with the care needed:

  • Errands:  Escort to doctor visits, grocery shopping, prescription pick-up
  • Daily Living:  Morning perk-up, light housekeeping, laundry, medication reminders
  • Personal Care:  Bathing, dressing, companionship, feeding, transferring
  • Medical Alert Systems:  Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS), Automated Medication Dispenser & Vital Signs Monitoring

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