Ease Your Stress Levels this Holiday Season

Nov. 24, 2012 - PRLog -- If you are like most people, this holiday season you want to cut back on the amount of stress that you are experiencing. Luckily, for the elderly population in the San Francisco Bay Area, there is an easy way to do this. Assisted living and in home care services are designed to alleviate a lot of the stress that senior citizens experience all year long and not just the holiday season. This is a very good thing for people that might need a little bit extra help getting around the house and doing their daily chores.

Paradise In-Home Care and the two Paradise Gardens Care Homes in the San Francisco area are more than happy to help you figure out if these services are for you. The general rule of thumb is that if you need help with one or more of the activities of daily living, extra care will benefit you. These six components are: hygiene and grooming, getting dressed, eating, transfers, bathing, and getting around the house. If you struggle with one or more of these things, getting extra help in one way or another is going to be very helpful for you.

The great thing about these services is that they are extremely comforting to the people receiving them. For instance, if you are constantly stressed about preparing meals for yourself and doing your laundry, your caregiver will be able to help you out here and allow you to live a more worry free life. During especially stressful times, like the holiday season, this is extremely beneficial. Your retirement years are supposed to be the best years of your life, you don’t want to spend them worrying about your health and your daily chores. Get the help you need and your enjoyment when it comes to daily activities will be much greater.

Paradise In-Home Care and the Paradise Gardens Care Homes urge you to take an honest look at your situation and see if you could benefit from their services. Many insurance companies will help you to cover the associated costs of these types of care if you fit their criteria. Usually this is determined by comparing your needs to the six activities of daily living. Home health care insurance and long term care insurance are both going to be extremely helpful when paying for such care, so it might be worthwhile for you to see if you can qualify for any of these types of policies. The main thing to remember is that the younger you are and the better your health currently is, the cheaper that such an insurance will end up being for you.

This holiday season, you owe it to yourself to have as little stress and as few complications as possible. Whether you decide that you need the help of an in home caregiver, or you want the structure and social setting of an assisted living facility, the Paradise companies can help you out today. Call now for a free consultation and figure out which type of care will be best for you.

One service that Paradise is able to offer because of their different types of services is a seamless transfer. If you are getting in home care services and then you decide that you would like to move into an assisted living facility, you can keep the same caregiver and your transition between these two different services will be as painless and easy as possible.

Mention this press release and get a discount when you sign a contract for three or more months of in home care. This holiday season, don’t let your living situation get you stressed, go with a service designed to make your life easier.