Have you wondered what care providers who are there with your senior day and night do for your senior? Here are a few important things to know about 24-hour home care.

Help with Tasks at Odd Hours

One of the challenges your senior is likely to face is that she may need help not only during the day, but also in the middle of the night. As her family caregiver, that’s a lot for you to handle on your own. 24-hour home care providers are able to tackle those tasks for your senior, ensuring that you’re able to get rest, too.

Mobility Assistance as Necessary

As mobility becomes more difficult for your senior, she may need help with transportation, with walking around her home, and with getting out of bed in the morning. Having help around the clock ensures that whenever your senior needs that extra assistance, it’s there for her. When your senior is staying as mobile as possible, that helps her to maintain independence, too.

Meal Assistance and Reminders

When your elderly family member isn’t eating regularly or is choosing foods that aren’t as nutritious as they really need to be, that can impact her overall health. Home care providers who are there with her around the clock can keep tabs on what she’s eating and when so that they can help her to eat a balanced diet on a regular basis. Reminders about eating, particularly foods that support her well-being, can be a lot of help to your senior.

Routine Reminders to Help Her Stay on Track

But there might be more than just meals that your senior needs reminders to manage. Routines are an incredible support tool for most people, however they’re not always easy to maintain. For your senior, having caregivers there with her to keep her on target and to gently steer her toward sticking with her routines gives her a chance to lean on those routines more thoroughly.

Assistance with Personal Care Tasks

Personal care tasks are tasks like bathing, grooming, washing hair, and toileting. As your senior develops more challenges in her life, she likely starts to have trouble with these tasks in particular. Having home care professionals there with her at all hours of the day and night means that they’re able to help her with these tasks and more.

Companionship and Socialization

Another reason it’s helpful to have 24-hour home care providers there with your senior is to ensure that she’s getting the social interaction that she needs and wants. As with other areas of her life, socialization can become so much more difficult. Caregivers are friendly and often know exactly how to talk to the seniors they’re helping. That means a lot.

Information for You about Your Senior’s Changing Needs

Staying on top of what’s happening with your elderly family member might not be as easy as you expected it would be. That’s even more true if you and your elderly family member live in different cities or states. Knowing that 24-hour home care providers are there with your senior and can keep you apprised of what’s going on accurately is really important.

There are lots of ways that around-the-clock care can help your elderly family member to live her best life.

The staff at Home Care Matters is available to talk with you and your family about all of your needs. Home Care Matters is a home care agency providing quality and affordable 24-hour home care in Oakwood, GA, and the surrounding areas.

Call (770) 965-4004 for more information.

We provide elder care in Braselton, Buford, Dacula, Duluth, Flowery Branch, Gainesville, Johns Creek, Lawrenceville, Oakwood, Sugar Hill, Suwanee, Barrow County, Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Hall County, Jackson County, North Fulton County.

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Valerie Darling

Founder, Owner at Home Care Matters

Valerie was born in Miami, FL and after a few family moves, grew up locally in the Marietta, GA area.Valerie is the oldest of 4 (3 younger brothers).She is married and has one child.Valerie is the Founder, Owner and CEO of Home Care Matters.Valerie’s mom, Dee, is the inspiration and primary driver as the how and why the business was born.Valerie says, “My mom is never far from our thoughts.Mom was an integral part of developing and starting HCM before she passed away.Our goal is to stay true to her memory and continue to honor her with the love, values, and ethics she taught us.”

Valerie has the unique experience with home care as she has experienced it from both ends of the spectrum, as a caregiver and as needing care herself as a cancer survivor. Valerie says, “Taking care of someone you love is a physically, mentally and demanding labor of love.Taking care of my mom was the hardest thing I have ever done. It has given me an insight and perspective not many people understand unless you are doing it or have done it.I loved taking care of my mom.I love helping others take care of their love ones too.And now that I’ve been sick, it’s given me a whole new level of empathy and understanding for those who are sick and need help.”

Valerie’s schedule varies daily, but she loves visiting with our clients, families, caregivers, our network partners and being in the office.Says Valerie, “Every day is different, but I wake up excited about what we do, inspired by our team, clients and caregivers.I strive to be a resource to the community.I love my team and I love what we do every day. I like to think my mom would be proud.”

You can reach Valerie by email (Valerie@homecarematters.com) or in our office (770.965.4004).

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