Maintaining personal care routines often becomes increasingly difficult for aging adults. It’s still just as important as ever, though, which means family caregivers and seniors need to figure out a solution that works well. Personal care at home is a specific type of care that offers seniors a way to have the help that they need to take care of hygiene tasks and other personal care needs easily and safely.
Personal Care Defined
Personal care covers a lot of ground, but it’s important to think about these types of tasks as ones that seniors need to do every day. They include tasks like bathing, getting dressed, grooming, showering, eating, toileting, and other related tasks. As seniors age, they can face a variety of different issues that make it more difficult to do these tasks on their own. That’s when they may need a specific type of home care support.
Why Are Personal Care Routines Important?
Routines make it easy to keep up with all sorts of tasks. When seniors have strong routines, they don’t have to think much about what happens next and they know that all of their needs are going to be covered by following the steps in the routines. In terms of personal care tasks, routines help seniors to stay healthy by protecting their skin, teeth, and other body parts. Seniors also feel better emotionally when they’re clean and well-groomed. Routines help to provide structure and predictability, too, which can help to reduce anxiety and helps seniors feel more secure.
How Personal Care at Home Builds Routines
Personal care at home involves caregivers coming to seniors where they live and learning about their needs and preferences. If there are tasks that seniors can still handle on their own, they’re welcome to do so. Caregivers are there to offer support where it’s needed, not to take over or remove a senior’s personal autonomy. After care providers learn what’s needed in the routines, it’s time to start building them and following them. Consistency is the key to setting up routines that work for aging adults.
Stability for Seniors While Aging in Place
When home care providers spend a lot of time with seniors, they get to know them really well. They can spot changes that might mean seniors are having more trouble, for instance. They also learn when seniors need more encouragement or more customized support with specific tasks. Aging adults learn that they can rely on personal caregivers to help them and to protect their dignity and independence, allowing seniors to flourish and thrive.
Personal care routines are a big part of helping seniors to stay healthy and happy for as long as they age in place. Personal care at home works toward helping aging adults find the routines that work best for them while getting the support they need to make those routines a well-oiled part of each day. Seniors get assistance with necessary tasks in a familiar and comfortable environment, which allows them to relax and enjoy life.
If you or an aging loved one are considering personal care at home in Newton, MA, please contact the caring staff at PlatinumCare + today. Call (617) 237-0867.
PlatinumCare + was born out of the desire and passion to provide the very best home health care possible in Brookline, Dover, Newton, Needham, Watertown, Weston, Cambridge, Lincoln, Sudbury, Belmont, Boston MA, and surrounding areas.
All with decades of experience, Tim in IT Operations, Support, and Management, Brenda in Client Relations, Healthcare Services & Sales Management, and Anne in Healthcare as a Nurse Practitioner combined their skills to form what is now PlatinumCare +.
As immigrants to the US, all came from backgrounds where Healthcare for aging parents was a responsibility of the immediate family and the entire community. Aging, sick, or terminal community members were cared for physically, emotionally, and financially by family, friends, including strangers! This community approach, Healthcare with a difference, delivered with the utmost love, care, sacrifice, and passion, forms the basis of how PlatinumCare + grounds itself.
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