If you recently become a caregiver to a senior parent, you’re probably pretty overwhelmed right now. It’s a lot to take on, especially if your senior parent has health challenges. But you’re not alone.
If you live far away and you’re just temporarily staying with a senior loved one to get them settled after an accident or injury, you should know that 24-hour home care for seniors is available. With 24-hour home care, you can take the time you need to get settled. You can adjust your schedule. Likewise, you can work out any other issues so that you can take care of your senior parent.
Even if you live close to your senior parent, it can be a disruption if they need a full time caregiver. You are trying to juggle the demands of work, your kids, and caring for your senior parent. When your senior loved one has 24-hour home care, it will give you the space you need. You can have time to manage your job, find childcare, and plan out how you will do it all.
Suddenly becoming a caregiver has many challenges. Some things that you need to know to make it easier are:
Get Home Care
Even if it’s not 24-hour home care, get some kind of home care for your senior parent each week. That will give you time during the day to make phone calls, set up appointments, get copies of medical records, and do the other many things. You will need to get these things done, and they can only be done during business hours. It’s a lot of work to care for someone else. You will need uninterrupted time to get it all done. Home care will help.
Make A Plan
Having a solid action plan can make taking over the care of a senior parent a lot less intimidating. Take stock of everything that needs to be done. Your list may have things such as putting accounts in your name, getting copies of your senior loved one’s records, finding out who their doctors are, setting up all their appointments, etc. Create a game plan for how you want to tackle each time. Then, delegate where you can. The smaller items you can delegate to friends, family members, or your senior loved one, the faster you will be up to speed.
Get Organized
You will need a great organization system to keep everything organized. You will also need to keep track of your senior parent’s doctor’s, schedule, financial accounts, household accounts, etc. A thick binder or two is a great way to keep everything organized. Have one binder just for insurance and medical information. The other for other parts of your senior loved one’s life. When your senior loved one falls or becomes sick, you can grab the binder and go to the hospital. You’ll have all their insurance and health information at your fingertips.
If you or an aging loved one are considering 24-Hour Home Care in West Kendall, FL, please contact the caring staff at Angel Home Care Services today. Call (305) 220-4544
A Trusted Home Care Agency in the Kendall, West Kendall, Kendall West, South Miami, West Miami, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Doral, Cutler Bay, Sweetwater, Florida and surrounding areas.
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