{"id":2208,"date":"2022-11-14T13:44:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchingheadev.wpenginepowered.com\/gainesville\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2022-11-14T13:51:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:51:04","slug":"24-hour-home-care-importance-of-24-hour-home-care-when-your-mom-has-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/gainesville\/blog\/24-hour-home-care-importance-of-24-hour-home-care-when-your-mom-has-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of 24-Hour Home Care When Your Mom Has Alzheimer&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_6372679bb07ab\" class=\"block block--wysiwyg\" data-layout=\"plain\" data-bleed=\"on\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <p>The Alzheimer\u2019s Foundation of America chose<a href=\"\/gainesville\/resources\/\"><em><strong> November for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. It\u2019s a month where donations from the October walkathons are tallied and invested in ongoing research. On November 3rd, buildings across the nation were lit up in teal to bring awareness to the disease and the 6.5 million Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s. If you\u2019re one of the estimated 16 million family caregivers, Alzheimer&#8217;s Awareness Month is a great time to discuss current care plans and where to go from here. Maybe it&#8217;s time to consider <a href=\"\/gainesville\/services\/alzheimers-dementia-care\/\"><em><strong>24-hour home care services<\/strong><\/em><\/a> for your loved one.<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Changes Within the Home<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>A few things you can do when caring for your mom are to help at home. Glare-free lighting is important. You want to avoid having shadowy areas, as they can trigger anxiety and lead to emotional meltdowns. Floor-level LED puck lights that turn on when it starts to get dark illuminate stairs and hallways to help prevent tripping.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure furniture is out of the way and not creating a trip hazard. Your mom\u2019s vision will start to change over time. Get rid of loose throw rugs, especially those that contrast. What looks like a darker color rug on pale wood flooring to you may appear to be a gaping hole in the floor to your mom.<\/p>\n<p>Invest in technology as much as you can. Light bulbs that you can turn on remotely or set to timers will help. Being able to control the temperature in her home remotely is also helpful in making sure she doesn\u2019t crank up the heat or AC unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<p>The bathroom will become a challenging area as your mom\u2019s balance and strength diminish. A shower chair is going to be needed, and you\u2019ll want a hand-held shower wand to make bathing easier. Large, warm towels keep her warm while you\u2019re bathing specific areas. Consider adding a room heating overhead light to eliminate her feeling cold while you bathe her.<\/p>\n<p>Install alarms on doors and windows. In the middle stages, your mom will start asking to go home. When this happens, she\u2019s more likely to try to get outside and start wandering. If you\u2019re in the middle of a task or going to the bathroom when she slips outside, she could get lost. Alarms help alert you.<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Irregular Sleep Cycles Make It Hard to Keep Providing Care On Your Own<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2211\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2211\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2211\" src=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/gainesville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/11\/bigstock-Sleep-Diso-183475501-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"24-Hour Home Care Lake City FL - Importance of 24-Hour Home Care When Your Mom Has Alzheimer's\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/gainesville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/11\/bigstock-Sleep-Diso-183475501-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/gainesville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/11\/bigstock-Sleep-Diso-183475501-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/gainesville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/11\/bigstock-Sleep-Diso-183475501.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">24-Hour Home Care Lake City FL &#8211; Importance of 24-Hour Home Care When Your Mom Has Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At some point, 24-hour home care services are essential. Your mom cannot be left alone, and it\u2019s highly likely she\u2019s only sleeping here and there. Sleep cycles are not the same as Alzheimer\u2019s progresses.<\/p>\n<p>You cannot risk your health to a severe lack of sleep. Arrange 24-hour home care services to ensure you can get a full night\u2019s sleep while your mom has caregivers all night to help redirect her and keep her from wandering off.<\/p>\n<p>Talk to our home care agency and ask about prices of 24-hour home care. It\u2019s important that you take care of yourself first and your mom second. You both need to have you well rested and energized for another day.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:\u00a0 https:\/\/alzfdn.org\/alzawarenessmonth\/<\/p>\n<h3><strong>If you are considering <em><a href=\"\/gainesville\/services\/alzheimers-dementia-care\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">24-Hour Home Care Services in Lake City FL<\/a><\/em>, for an aging loved one, please contact the caring staff at Touching Hearts Home Care. Call today:\u00a0<em><a href=\"tel:3522253727\">352-225-3727<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24-Hour Home Care Lake City FL-If you\u2019re one of the estimated 16 million family caregivers, Alzheimer&#8217;s Awareness Month is a great time to discuss current care plans and where to go from here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,161],"tags":[218,142,219],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alzheimers-and-dementia","category-benefits-of-home-care","tag-24-hour-home-care-lake-city-fl","tag-alzheimers-and-dementia","tag-getting-help"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>24-Hour Home Care Value When Your Mom Has Alzheimer&#039;s<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"24-Hour Home Care-If you\u2019re one of the estimated 16 million family caregivers, Alzheimer&#039;s Awareness Month is a great time to discuss ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/gainesville\/blog\/24-hour-home-care-importance-of-24-hour-home-care-when-your-mom-has-alzheimers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"24-Hour Home Care Lake City FL - 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