Keeping up with your personal hygiene is only one of many steps you may take to ensure a long and healthy life. Maintaining healthy routines in terms of personal cleanliness may have positive effects on your immune system, your chance of contracting certain diseases, and your general state of health. The good news is that the prevalence of infectious diseases among the elderly may be mitigated by adhering to the recommended standards of cleanliness for people of advanced age. Here are some things to keep in mind when you’re helping your senior with personal hygiene.
Find Issues and Work On Them
Find out what the problems are. Discover the underlying causes of your loved one’s lack of interest in maintaining a clean and healthy personal hygiene routine. Because of mobility concerns or being physically unable to complete standard hygiene procedures and being reluctant to mention anything, many elderly people acquire poor hygiene. No of the cause, we must pinpoint the problems and brainstorm viable solutions to ensure their continued cleanliness and wellness.
Find a Routine
Create a schedule. Developing a regular regimen for personal hygiene, such as taking showers and brushing teeth and hair, might help your loved one become more comfortable with these tasks. Do not make getting ready for the day or brushing your teeth feel like extra work or something you must hurry through. If a senior needs help, you can hire personal care at home, who will help them focus on hygiene.
Keep the Bathroom a Safe Space
Verify the security of the restroom. Many elderly people avoid showers and bathtubs because they are afraid of slipping and falling. Put in the proper fixtures in the lavatory, such as grab bars, a raised toilet seat, and a shower bench, to make it more accessible.
Buy The Right Senior Products
Get some good cleaning supplies. Several products are developed to tackle geriatric hygiene difficulties by making it simpler for them to take care of their own personal grooming. Personal hygiene may be performed in a more secure and less strenuous manner with shower chairs, no-rinse bathing wipes, and long-handled shower brushes, razors, and toenail cutters.
Create a Soothing Space for Personal Care
It’s important to make this something a senior looks forward to and doesn’t dread. Turn on their favorite relaxing music, make a cup of tea, and get a senior in a good mood. Sometimes when they need help with personal care, it can feel embarrassing, but it shouldn’t have to be. This will keep them healthy and thriving in their elderly age. It can also be a chance to keep an eye on certain things and fix issues before anything spreads or worsens.
Always Consider Hiring Personal Care at Home
Think about getting help from experts. Personal hygiene assistance might be provided by a professional caregiver. If your loved one has been putting off asking for assistance from you or another family member, this may be the best solution. They may actually feel more comfortable having a non-family member handle these responsibilities.
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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.”
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