Independence may be incredibly important to your aging family member. If it is, you’ll need a plan to help you to manage her ability to remain as independent as she wants to be.
Engaging Her Brain Helps a Lot
Your senior’s brain and how well it’s functioning has a lot to do with how much independence she’s going to be able to maintain. Your elderly family member’s life may have changed dramatically from when she was younger, which means that her brain is encountering different challenges than in the past. Keeping her brain going now is a vital part of helping her to stay as healthy as possible.
Put Together a Plan for Moving More
Moving more and moving in ways that brings your senior joy also helps her to be healthier and happier. Your elderly family member may not be able to do all of the things she used to do, physically speaking, but that doesn’t mean she has to be completely sedentary. Having an exercise plan is a great idea and her doctor can help you to put one together that’s challenging but also within your senior’s activity limits.
Look at Her Social Life
Socialization is a much bigger part of healthy living than we tend to realize. Having solid relationships and nurturing those relationships does a lot for your elderly family member’s emotional and mental well-being. Look for ways to help her to be as socially active as she’s willing and able to be. This might mean helping her to coordinate visits from people she loves in her own home as well as helping her continue to go where she wants to go.
Check out How She’s Doing Psychologically
Depression can be a result of social isolation, but social difficulties aren’t the only cause. Your elderly family member can develop anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues for a variety of reasons. It’s important to watch for signs of potential issues and then to bring those concerns up with her doctor as necessary. This can help to ensure that your elderly family member gets any help that she needs as soon as possible.
Your senior may benefit from having assistance from senior care providers, too. They can take care of tasks that may have become too much for her on her own. That allows her to continue to handle what she wants to handle and ensures she has the energy to do so.
If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Home Care in Queen Creek, AZ, or anywhere in the East Valley, please contact the caring staff at Legacy Home Care.
Call (480) 777-0070
Legacy Home Care has been serving the valley since 2007. We are family owned and operated with over 75 caregivers. We offer a customized care plan that includes services such as: Hourly Senior Home Care, 24-Hour Home Care, Dementia Care, Personal Care and Companion Care. Also ask us about our Veterans' Home Care program.
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