Senior Safety Tips: Safety First! For Seniors, Professional, Experienced Care Can Make This Happen
Senior Safety Tips: One of the most important things for the family when worried about an aging parent, grandparent, or other loved one is safety.
Senior Care in Bala Cynwyd PA: Senior Safety
People want to put safety first, as they should. However, it’s not the only concern for someone of advancing years.
Too often, while the family may step up to support their elderly parent, their first and only focus is safety. That means they could inadvertently discourage the senior from participating in a wide range of interests, things that are still important to him or her. Continue reading for these senior safety tips…
What is that going to do to their quality of life? What is that going to do to impact the relationship that the family caregiver has with the senior?
To answer the first question: it will likely negatively impact their quality of life.
This isn’t the goal of a family caregiver. Not at all. No one steps up and provides care and support for an elderly parent with the goal of destroying their quality of life.
They want their mother or father or other senior safe. That’s their priority. But often in their desire to focus on safety, they tend to discourage or even forbid that senior from doing certain things they would normally want to do.
This might include activities, walking, or playing games with friends. When that happens, the senior will probably begin reporting a lower quality of life. Since they’re not able to do the things they want, to pursue things of interest, they might not think this is much of a life to enjoy.
Quality of life is important for people of any age. It doesn’t matter whether they are young or old; each person deserves to live a life they enjoy, regardless of limitations. That doesn’t mean they will be able to do everything they want, but that they should have the right to try to do what they want if it’s safe still.
Senior care usually steps in to provide the right level of care while also encouraging their aging clients to pursue what they want, so long as it can be done safely still.
To answer the second question: it could put a strain on the relationship.
If you’re supporting your mother, for example, and telling her what she can or can’t do (because you’re worried about her safety first), what’s going to happen? She’ll probably start pushing back.
She’ll want to do some of the things you’re telling her not to do.
Is that fair? It’s often not a matter of fairness, but rather a concern about her safety. Yet, the longer this goes on, the more your mother would become frustrated in not being able to enjoy the things that are still important to her, the more tension will build between you and her. That is going to put a strain on your relationship.
Senior care will still focus on safety, but when you’re no longer having to be the one telling her what she can or can’t do, should or shouldn’t do, then you can focus on being her family, her support, her friend. That’s the gift senior care offers. For more questions about senior safety tips, please call us at the number below.
If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Senior Care in Bala Cynwyd, PA, 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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