In-Home Care Steps to Maintaining Independence After a Fall
Senior Falls: In-Home Care Ardmore PA
Just over 25% of adults aged 65 or older fall each year. That’s one in four older adults, so don’t be surprised if you get the call your mom has fallen. It’s not unusual, and women are prone to losing bone density after menopause, so it’s easier to fracture a bone in a fall. The bigger issue is that adults who fall once have a doubled risk of falling again within a year. Make sure your mom avoids another fall by arranging the support she needs, like in-home care, to maintain her independence at home.
Ask If She’s Had a Bone Density Scan
Once your mom has seen her doctor and had a bone fracture or abrasions taken care of, ask if she’s had a bone density scan. It’s something she should undergo if she hasn’t yet as it determines her risk for thinning bones and osteoporosis.
If she is in the early stages of osteoporosis, it’s time to address her diet to improve bone strength. She needs to eat foods that are high in calcium, and she might need to take vitamin D and calcium supplements. Medication reminders are helpful if she struggles to remember her medications every day.
Check the Side Effects of Medications
Is your mom taking medications for heart disease or high blood pressure? They can trigger side effects like dizziness that increase the risk of a fall. If she is, make sure someone is with her after she takes them.
She may find the dizziness lasts for an hour or two and subsides after that. If someone is with her for those two hours, she has someone to support her as she stands up, sits down, or walks around.
Work With a Physical Therapist
Your mom may want to see a physical therapist to work on balance skills. If she lost her balance and fell, a physical therapist can help her improve her balance, flexibility, and mobility. It helps her avoid another fall in the future.
Her physical therapist and doctors may also recommend working with an occupational therapist to explore issues in the home that increase the risk of a fall. Your mom may need grab bars added to the shower/tub area and toilet area to have supportive bars to hold while standing up, sitting down, or stepping over a tub edge.
Have Help Around the Home
Some things can’t be changed, so your mom needs to accept help for tasks that are too difficult for her to do on her own. If she fell trying to walk down the narrow, dimly lit basement stairs to do the laundry, consider hiring a caregiver to do the laundry each week.
Talk to an In-Home Care Specialist
After your mom’s fall, make sure she has the support she needs. Whether she requires help for a few weeks or needs weekly in-home care services for the rest of her life, arrange the services she needs. Call an in-home care specialist to get started.
If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring In-Home Care in Ardmore, 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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