What is Personal Care at Home?

More and more seniors are choosing to spend their senior years in their own homes. It makes sense that elderly people who have lived in a house or a community for decades would want to continue to live in the home and community where they feel comfortable. But there are some challenges seniors face when they are living on their own, like personal care. When seniors have trouble with these challenges, personal care at home providers can help.

Personal care tasks are things like showering, getting dressed, and daily care to keep seniors looking and feeling good. Personal care at home service provide experienced and compassionate care from caregivers who are trained to help seniors with all aspects of grooming and personal care.

Some of the tasks that personal care at home caregivers can help seniors with are:

Showering

Many seniors don’t want to ask their children for help with showering or bathing. But, showering or bathing can lead to serious falls for seniors. Personal care at home makes it possible for seniors to get the help they need to bathe safely without any embarrassment or awkwardness with their children. Experienced personal care at home provider can also suggest ways that you can upgrade your senior loved one’s bathroom to make it safer and easier for them to do things like shower or wash up.

Daily Care

Daily care tasks are things like washing your face, brushing your teeth, brushing your hair, putting on makeup, or shaving. Many people don’t feel like themselves each morning until they have done these things. Not being able to do them can take a big toll on an elderly person’s mental health, especially if they have always taken pride in keeping up their appearance. Personal care at home aides will help seniors with these daily tasks so that they can look and feel good each day.

Incontinence Care

Incontinence is very common as seniors get older but many seniors are embarrassed about it. They don’t want to ask their children to help them stay clean and dry. Personal care at home providers help seniors with discreet care so that their delicate skin is kept dry and protected throughout the day. Seniors will feel more confident and be healthier with professional caregivers.

Skin Care

Seniors need skincare for health reasons as well as to feel better about themselves. Putting on face cream is important each day, but is so making sure that seniors have lotion applied to dry skin all over their bodies. Dry skin can become rough and cracked which can let bacteria into the body and cause infections. The skin is a good indicator of overall health.

A caregiver that is daily applying lotion or moisturizer and sunscreen to your senior loved one’s skin will be able to notice any changes to your senior loved one’s skin. Changes in skin texture, color, or appearance might indicate a health problem that needs to be addressed by a doctor.

If you are considering Personal Care at Home Services in Tower Road FL, for an aging loved one, please contact the caring staff at Touching Hearts Home Care. Call today: 352-225-3727.

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