Your senior’s needs are going to change and that means that caregiving and how you approach caregiving are also going to change. It’s important that you’re as prepared as possible to cope with those changes, but that means noticing them first.
She May Need More Help with Daily Activities
Regular daily activities, like cooking and bathing, are ones that you might feel your senior has a handle on for a long time. But over time, she may be less able to handle those tasks on her own. She may need only a little help at first, but that might vary, too. Everything from cleaning the house to driving needs to be addressed for her and that can take time.
Waiting to Get Help Can Be More Frustrating
At first you might feel as if you and your senior can handle all of this between the two of you. For a while, you might be right. But if you’re waiting for friends and family to realize your senior needs more help, you might be waiting for a long time. It’s much better for both you and your senior to get help now, and elder care providers are a reliable way to do that. Getting help sooner rather than later helps you both to ease into these changes.
Those Demands Increase, but Sometimes in Ways You Don’t Expect
Your senior’s needs are going to change. Sometimes those changes happen rapidly, but other times those demands increase gradually and you don’t realize how much you’re doing for her. It’s really important to try to stay in touch with what’s happening, what’s changing, and how quickly those changes are happening.
Take a Look at Your Senior’s Needs Regularly
The best way for you to monitor your senior’s increasing needs is to regularly set aside time to take an inventory of what’s happening. Journaling and logging information can help with this, too, because you’ll have written records you can refer back to as needed. Elder care providers can help you with this, too, by sharing what they’re seeing and how those changes are affecting your senior.
Your elderly family member might be on a plateau for quite a while and then experience large changes very quickly. There’s no one way to know how those changes are going to come along for her and therefore for you.
Find a system that works for you and stick with it.
IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING ELDER CARE IN LINCOLN PARK, IL FOR AN AGING LOVED ONE, PLEASE CONTACT THE CARING STAFF AT BRIGHTSTAR CARE CHICAGO. CALL TODAY: 312.382.8888.
She May Need More Help with Daily Activities
Regular daily activities, like cooking and bathing, are ones that you might feel your senior has a handle on for a long time. But over time, she may be less able to handle those tasks on her own. She may need only a little help at first, but that might vary, too. Everything from cleaning the house to driving needs to be addressed for her and that can take time.
Waiting to Get Help Can Be More Frustrating
At first you might feel as if you and your senior can handle all of this between the two of you. For a while, you might be right. But if you’re waiting for friends and family to realize your senior needs more help, you might be waiting for a long time. It’s much better for both you and your senior to get help now, and elder care providers are a reliable way to do that. Getting help sooner rather than later helps you both to ease into these changes.
Those Demands Increase, but Sometimes in Ways You Don’t Expect
Your senior’s needs are going to change. Sometimes those changes happen rapidly, but other times those demands increase gradually and you don’t realize how much you’re doing for her. It’s really important to try to stay in touch with what’s happening, what’s changing, and how quickly those changes are happening.
Take a Look at Your Senior’s Needs Regularly
The best way for you to monitor your senior’s increasing needs is to regularly set aside time to take an inventory of what’s happening. Journaling and logging information can help with this, too, because you’ll have written records you can refer back to as needed. Elder care providers can help you with this, too, by sharing what they’re seeing and how those changes are affecting your senior.
Your elderly family member might be on a plateau for quite a while and then experience large changes very quickly. There’s no one way to know how those changes are going to come along for her and therefore for you.
Find a system that works for you and stick with it.
IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING ELDER CARE IN LINCOLN PARK, IL FOR AN AGING LOVED ONE, PLEASE CONTACT THE CARING STAFF AT BRIGHTSTAR CARE CHICAGO. CALL TODAY: 312.382.8888.