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Vacation: Think About Senior Care Before Making Summer Vacation Plans

Vacation: Have you begun making summer vacation plans yet?

While the pandemic is still going on, many people are lock-down weary, ready to take off the masks, end the lockdowns, and get beyond the past year. That may be especially true if you have been a caregiver for an aging parent or other loved one. Vacation might be on your mind.

Last year, you may have very well skipped your vacation plans. Now, though, with summer vacation just around the corner, it’s time to begin thinking about what you’ll be doing. Of course, you also have to consider what’s going to happen with this aging parent or other senior looking after.

Do they require senior care?

If you have been providing senior care for them for a while, acting as a family caregiver, then what happens when you go away for a vacation? You may be planning to take them along with you to keep an eye on them, support them, and so forth, but don’t you need a break?

Of course, you do.

Everyone needs time alone. Everyone needs an opportunity to refresh and recharge. That includes you. You may not realize it, but as a caregiver, you are dealing with a tremendous amount of stress in your life. It is affecting you in many ways, including your health, mental well-being, and even your relationships.

Even if you will be taking along this senior on your vacation, how can you ensure that they will not only be getting the proper care, but that you can get out and enjoy your time, even if they have to stay behind in the hotel, the rented house, or with another family member?

Vacation: Senior care is the answer.

Senior care can include assisted living, but it also means home care. When you are planning a summer vacation, look to a home care agency either where your elderly parent lives or at your vacation destination, if it’s going to be in the United States.

You may realize that it’s okay for your elderly mother or father to stay behind with a home care aide. You may be able to take time for yourself, with your kids or significant other or spouse, and just go away for a week or two.

Or, if you prefer to bring them along with you on vacation, then a home care aide can sit there, spend time with this aging parent, or even bring them to different destinations if that is a service they offer while you go and enjoy your own time.

Now is the time to begin looking at senior care options while you plan on a summer vacation.

If you or an aging loved-one is considering hiring SeniorCare in Fort Collins, CO, please contact the caring staff at Touching Hearts at Home today at 303-255-4071.

If you or an aging loved-one is considering hiring Senior Care in Greeley, CO, please contact the caring staff at Touching Hearts at Home today at 303-255-4071.