Considerate, private, respectful personal aged
care and assistance.
Personal Care and Assistance
Bathing, restroom activities, incontinence care, grooming, personal hygiene, dressing, walking, etc.
Advancing in age brings about many changes and these changes can affect virtually every part of life. Many times, these changes can also prompt the need for seniors to receive extra assistance getting through a normal daily routine. It is easy to recognize the problem of seniors being unable to complete the vital “Activities of Daily Living” (ADLs) because these include attending to our most basic needs.
But many times, we don’t look past that. In reality, the inability to perform ADLs can also have a harmful emotional impact on aging seniors. The inability to complete routine ADLs without assistance may cause seniors to feel helpless, or even damage their self esteem. However, in-home care can provide invaluable assistance for elderly seniors who are struggling with ADLs, while also fostering a sense of friendship and positivity.
What types of services are available?
Our Qualified Caregivers have the experience and compassion to provide assistance with everyday personal care tasks, such as:
- Assisting with morning and evening routines
- Bathing (showers, baths, sponge baths, bed baths)
- Restroom activities (toilet assistance, incontinence, accident monitoring)
- Personal hygiene/grooming (hair care, skin care, oral care, nail care)
- Dressing (clothing selection and assistance)
- Mobility (transfers, walking, range of motion exercises, light exercise)
Where do I receive personal care services?
In most cases, you will receive these services in your own home.
Meal Preparation and Diet Planning
Nutritious meals are imperative to the overall health and well-being of seniors. Grace247Care caregivers are trained and skilled in the planning and preparation of nutritious, well balanced meals. The opportunity to eat regular healthful meals promotes strength, hydration, and recovery necessary for proper absorption of medications.
Our caregivers, using fresh ingredients that cover the basic food groups, assure healthy nutrition through the following activities:
- Meal preparation, companionship during mealtimes, and clean-up at meal completion
- Shopping for nutritious foods and following dietary cooking requirements
- Compliance with physician and dietician recommended meal guidelines, resulting in balanced and appealing meals for seniors with blood pressure, heart, diabetes, kidney and liver problems
- Creative strategizing to overcome the negative impact of medications on the taste of food
- Regular hydration scheduling by providing water at appropriate intervals throughout the day
Meal preparation may be guided by specific medical instruction for a designated illness and the food preferences of our clients. If you suffer from any medical condition, please check with your physician before starting a new diet plan. If your physician approves, click on the following link for relevant points to consider.
Where do I receive personal care services?
In most cases, you will receive these services in your own home.
Professional Medication Management
As we age, our bodies change. Some changes we can see and feel: aches and pains may linger and simple movements like walking or getting out of a chair may be slower or more painful than they used to be. Some we can’t, like how our bodies may change in how they respond to and absorb medicines. For example, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its medication guide for seniors, changes in the digestive system can affect how fast medicines enter the bloodstream.
Changes in body weight can influence the amount of medicine you need to take and how long it stays in your body. The circulation system may slow down, which can affect how fast drugs get to the liver and kidneys. The liver and kidneys also may work more slowly affecting the way a drug breaks down and is removed from the body. This means medicines may stay in the body longer and cause more severe side effects if doses are not properly adjusted and monitored. Because of these and other changes in our body as we age, there is also a higher risk of drug interactions in older adults.
Where do I receive personal care services?
In most cases, you will receive these services in your own home.
Transportation and Errands
Those new dings and dents on your aging parent’s car may leave you wondering if your parent should be driving any more. The damage may be a sign that driving safely is becoming an issue due to vision problems, delayed reaction time or confusion. Other warning signs include traffic violations, parking tickets, accidents, getting lost, losing keys or running out of gas. Feeling suspicious, you may have gauged your aging parent’s competency behind the wheel by spending time in the passenger seat while your parent drove. Before your parent’s driving gets seriously erratic, it’s important to have a serious talk about hanging up the keys. Before you broach the subject, it’s best to have good alternatives in mind, such as the senior care errand assistance offered by Grace247Care.
Your aging parents will likely feel reluctant to give up the independence that driving offers, but the good news is Grace247Care’s elderly transportation assistance means they can still run errands, go to doctor’s appointments and visit with friends and family—all without getting behind the wheel. If your parent would prefer reading a book or gardening versus running errands, that’s possible, too, through Grace247Care’s senior care errand assistance.
What types of services are available?
1. Incidental Transportation
For your aging parent, driving to an appointment can leave them feeling confused, frightened or unable to negotiate the high volume of traffic entering and exiting parking lots. Aging parents who are no longer confident in their driving skills may not know how to arrange for transportation and may miss important doctor’s appointments versus placing a burden on their children by asking for a ride. It’s reassuring to know Grace247Care HomeCare provides senior home care transportation assistance. Our caregivers can help with transportation and accompany your senior parent to their appointments.
2. Schedule Planning & Assistance
Missing doctor’s appointments and difficulties with following doctor’s orders can take a serious toll on an aging parent’s health. These problems may be signs that an aging parent is suffering from memory loss or needs senior homecare transportation services. We can help. A Grace247Care HomeCare in-home caregiver can help your aging parent schedule and keep medical appointments as well as follow doctor’s orders.
3. Errand Services
Picking up prescriptions. Going grocery shopping. Standing in line at the post office. Returning an overdue library book. Taking the car in for an oil change. Errands can turn into a never-ending list of chores that can overwhelm an aging parent, especially one with transportation problems. Our caregivers can provide senior homecare errand help–while your parent enjoys time in the garden or reading a good book.
Where do I receive personal care services?
In most cases, you will receive these services in your own home.
Companionship and Recreation
Companionship and recreation play an important role in enhancing your loved one’s health, happiness and quality of life.Our list of “Companionship & Recreation” services include, but are not limited to:
- Conversation, socialization and companionship (discuss current/historical events, reminisce about the past)
- Entertainment (assistance with reading, games, crafts, puzzles, activities)
- Stimulating mental awareness
- Organizing and reading mail
- Buying magazines, newspapers and books
Where do I receive personal care services?
In most cases, you will receive these services in your own home.
Light Housekeeping and Domestic Duties
While living in your own home is the most rewarding way to live, the domestic duties involved can become a strain. We understand how stressful it is when you are unable to strip, wash and iron your bed clothes, or when the cleanliness of your home is not what it used to be. Our carers can do these domestic duties as little or as often as you want. They are meticulous in their work and are happy to do each duty in the way you have always done.
What types of services are available?
Our Qualified Caregivers have the experience and compassion to provide assistance with everyday personal care tasks, such as:
- Assisting with morning and evening routines
- Bathing (showers, baths, sponge baths, bed baths)
- Restroom activities (toilet assistance, incontinence, accident monitoring)
- Personal hygiene/grooming (hair care, skin care, oral care, nail care)
- Dressing (clothing selection and assistance)
- Mobility (transfers, walking, range of motion exercises, light exercise)
Where do I receive personal care services?
In most cases, you will receive these services in your own home.
