Promoting Safety with In Home Care

Dec. 4, 2012 - PRLog -- Paradise In-Home Care knows that the safety and happiness of your elderly loved one is extremely important to you, and this holiday season would like to invite you to take steps toward helping increase the degree of safety that you are experiencing. Getting the proper help is a great first step toward achieving this. An assisted living facility can fulfill this function, but many senior citizens do not want to leave their longtime homes. This is where in home care steps in. An in home caregiver can provide for all sorts of needs such as meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, and bathing. Your elderly relative might have difficulty with these things, so additional assistance might be just what they need to reduce stress and start living happier, safer, lives.

Of course, an in home caregiver is not the only thing that you can do to help increase safety. A caregiver is only there for a portion of the day. For this reason, other precautions need to be taken. Technology is a good place to look. Advances in technology have made our lives easier in so many instances, and the field of senior care is not unaffected. For example, carpets with sensors underneath have begun to play a big role. These carpets can detect when unusual activity takes place. For instance, if someone falls down and is unable to get up, the carpet can determine this and alert the proper authorities that a potential emergency has come up. These so called “magic carpets” look like they will revolutionize the senior care industry and help the elderly to stay in their homes for a long period of time. They certainly do not replace the necessity for human contact, and an in home caregiver coupled with these safety devices can go a long way toward producing the best results possible.

For people suffering from Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, in home safety becomes even more necessary. In the early stages of these illnesses more advanced care might not be a must, but little things around the house can still be done to promote health. Child safety knobs on the doorways that lead to the outside can be a help here. This is a simple way to prevent wandering—a major source of confusion and injury amongst people suffering from dementia.

Modifying the bathroom will also payoff for you. You want to have something that your elderly loved one can use without problems since this is the area of the house where people want to preserve their independence the most. Sometimes just a few bars installed on the wall next to the toilet and a shower chair are all that you need, but all people are different. Increased mobility and self sufficiency should be the number one priority.

Whatever you end up doing, don’t go at it alone. There are many professionals out there that are more than willing to evaluate your situation for free and set you up with elder care as quickly as possible. In San Francisco and the surrounding areas, Paradise In-Home Care is your top selection for elder care. Perhaps one of the most beneficial features of going with this company is that they offer smooth transitions to people that need more care. Sometimes, your loved one will just need more help than what a single caregiver is able to provide. This doesn’t need to be a big cause of concern, in fact, it can be relieved with very little stress.  Paradise will help you to transfer your loved ones to one of the Paradise Gardens Care Homes—they’ll even allow you to keep the same caregiver assignment if you wish.