Home Health Care: Have you considered the benefits of 24-hour home care as your parents get older?

When they need more help than you can offer, professional home health care providers give the support that all families need. What can 24-hour home care do to help? The list is extensive, but here are some scenarios where 24-hour caregivers become tremendously important to your parents’ level of care.

Benefit From Around-the-Clock Personal Care

Your mom and dad have health conditions that cause night sweats or incontinence. If they wake in the middle of the night with damp clothes or sheets, changing their bed linens can be harder to manage if they’re struggling with mobility.

Around-the-clock care ensures your parents have an aide in the house to help them shower and change into dry clothing. Caregivers can change sheets and help them get back to bed.

Support With Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care

Caring for a parent with dementia requires a lot of patience. There’s no “off” switch. Your parent may not sleep more than an hour or two at night. Your home all day helping with meals, housekeeping, transportation, and medication reminders.

After dinner is done, you wash the dishes and make sure your mom properly brushes and flosses her teeth. You’re exhausted and ready for bed, but your mom is alert and wants to “go home.” You can’t go to bed when she’s in her “I want to go home” mode. You’re also struggling to stay awake and alert.

Hire caregivers to help in the night when you’re sleeping. You’ll be well-rested for the next day, and your mom won’t be alone and able to wander off.

Companionship That Eases Fear and Anxiety

Your dad takes certain medications at night that leave him feeling dizzy and nauseous. He doesn’t like being alone in the middle of the night when the side effects hit. With a 24-hour home care aide, he has someone to support him as he walks to the bathroom to use the toilet in the middle of the night.

If he wakes up and doesn’t feel well enough to go back to sleep, he’s not alone. He has a caregiver to talk to and help ease his anxiety until the worst of the side effects pass. He can have his caregiver there just to prevent loneliness.

Now is the perfect time to talk to a specialist in 24-hour care. Discuss the care services your mom and dad need. Once you’ve asked questions and have a care plan solidified, schedule 24-hour home care that achieves your care goals.

If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Home Health Care in San Carlos Hills, CA, call the caring staff at Aviva In-Home Care.
Call today: (415) 795-2203

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Evan Loevner

CEO at Aviva In-Home Care

As a former hospital administrator, I launched Aviva with the goal of having a more focused, direct impact on the delivery of care than I could ever accomplish within a hospital setting. For me, the joy of running an organization like Aviva In-Home Care is having the ability to positively improve the lives of individuals needing customized care. As a passionate Bay Area resident, I know that many local seniors can benefit from new approaches to in-home care, that will bring them more connection to the community, and provide families with a greater sense of comfort that their loved one is indeed matched with an ideal caregiver.

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