Stuck Inside? Recruit Lots of Visitors
Home Care Assistance Berwyn
Is your parent stuck inside for a while? Maybe she’s recovering from a procedure, or perhaps the weather is keeping her inside. No matter the reason, being stuck inside can cause days to drag on and dampen a person’s spirits. One of the best things to lift a person’s spirits is to have guests visit.
What Can You Do?
As a caregiver of an elderly loved one, you might find you just don’t have enough time. Sadly, you can’t spend all the time your elderly loved one would like at their home. You have plenty of responsibilities – both for your aging parent and for the rest of your family. For that reason, it’s a great idea to recruit some help. Ask others to help keep your parent entertained and busy as she’s stuck inside.
Family Members
Family members are always a great resource. Now is the time to call in the troops. Creating a schedule so everyone doesn’t visit in one day will be helpful. If it’s not a health issue, children can be welcome to visit and give out plenty of hugs and giggles. They can play silly games with your parent, or simply sit and listen to Grandma read them stories. Whatever helps your parent feel better and loved. Older family members can bring meals and not only drop them off, but also share the meal with your parent. Eating alone can often feel lonely, especially if a person is already down from recovering from a frightening procedure or surgery.
Home Care Assistance
If your family members are few and far between, you might want to hire professional services from a home care assistance provider. Home care assistance can come in for visits to play board games, card games, or even just to chat over a cup of coffee. One of the benefits of having someone from home care assistance visit is that they can also do a health check on your parent and let you know how your parent is doing physically, mentally, and emotionally. Family members often miss what skilled home care assistance providers can pick up on.
Faith Communities
Don’t forget other resources. If your parent is active in her faith community, it’s likely that her church, mosque, or synagogue has a service team that will provide visits and meals for those who are homebound. Even if you aren’t a part of that community, they will usually happily talk to family members about how they can help.
Neighbors and Friends
Neighbors and friends of your elderly loved one are also good resources. While they may not visit often, they might help with a weekly delivery and perhaps a small visit. Your parent might even be able to entice them to sit for a bit and help her find a particular puzzle piece.
It takes a village in all aspects of caring for one another, so don’t hesitate to reach out and ask for help when you need it.
If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring Home Care Assistance in Berwyn, PA, and the surrounding area, please contact the friendly staff at Suma Home Care. (484) 206-4544
Ibrahim recently completed a Professional Certificate in Management; He is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administrations (MBA) at a prestigious university in the UK.
With their passion for helping others and a strong background in customer services and clinical care, Ibrahim and his wife started assisting individuals in their homes.
Since started and operating Suma Home Care in 2010 in the basement of their home, Suma Home Care has provided professionals who work endlessly in providing clients with the highest quality of care, while enabling clients to maintain dignity, comfort and safety in their homes.
Suma Home Care, serves four counties in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia. Ibrahim is firmly connected to his local community and is always looking for ways to give back whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Ibrahim enjoys spending time with his wife and children, travelling and enjoys sports.
Mariama Suma-Keita BSN RN
Born in Sierra Leone west Africa, relocated to America in 1999 from a civil war and settled since in the U.S.A as a Naturalized citizen Graduated from National school of nursing with an associate , and completed BSN in Nursing from Immaculata University graduated with Honor roll Alpha Lambda sigma, After escaping the war served as a refugee nurse in Gambia and Guinea to other displaced refugees before coming to America.
In the states started in Homecare then then transition into hospital, worked in Jefferson hospital as a Registered nurse on Tele and general medsurg floor, also worked in Einstein hospital as an oncology transplant nurse , I realized that I enjoy working with patients so much and believe in quality and compassionate care one at a time dealing with an holistic approach in caring for patients and family in a familiar environment called home , I see the impact and progress when they’re home , it makes them feel relax and progress fast with recovering at home. As a nurse and entrepreneur I understand that dedication to meeting people and families needs is a priority, and able to foster relationships with family and patients that is professional and friendly to help them stay and settled home as a desire.
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