Our senior home care services provide opportunities for loved ones to form new and healthy relationships.
How Can I Maintain a Positive, Happy Environment for My Loved One? Home Care Services Improve Senior’s Mental Health.
As we age, our normal, daily routine becomes difficult to do on our own. Many seniors feel overwhelmed and frustrated by these life changes. Eventually, these changes can take a toll on their mental and physical health.
Poor mental health can lead to poor physical health, and vice versa.
What can you do to help maintain a positive and happy environment for your loved one? Encourage socialization. Interacting with friends and people outside of the immediate family will benefit your loved one’s emotional health and memory.
Socializing with old friends is certainly beneficial, but forging new friendships may provide even greater mental health benefits. New friends provide the opportunity to share stories and memories as if they were sharing it for the first time. Reliving those positive, happy memories can be uplifting and will keep your loved one’s brain active.
There are many opportunities for your loved one to make new friends right here in Calgary. In addition to our senior home care services, there are many local programs designed to help seniors make new friends.
How Does Socialization Improve Our Cognitive Function?
When we socialize with other people, we feel good. Why? Researchers believe neurotransmitters may be the cause.
Interacting with others triggers the release of dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin. These neurotransmitters reduce feelings of stress and improve our overall sense of well-being.
How Senior Home Care Services Can Help
In-home caregivers build relationships with their clients that go beyond helping around the house. Our caregivers are carefully chosen for each of our clients to encourage the formation of genuine friendships.
Caregivers act as compassionate, kind and patient companions who also provide senior home care services. Whether your loved one needs assistance with cooking meals, cleaning the home, or just wants a friend to spend time with, Comfort Keepers provide the care you need.
Comfort Keepers build client relationships on the foundation of compassion and trust. Building trusting relationships with clients put the family’s mind at ease knowing their loved one is being cared for and is comfortable.
Comfort Keepers minimize the stress on your loved one and your family. Your loved one also receives the opportunity to forge a new and lasting relationship with the caregiver.
Comfort Keepers® Calgary Home Care Services Improve Senior’s Mental Health
At Comfort Keepers®, we create individual care plans for every client. These plans include wellness goals that consider physical, mental and emotional health. Our caregivers can help support physician-prescribed diet and exercise plans, provide medication reminders, provide transportation to appointments and help seniors engage in the activities they love the most. And, our caregivers can help senior stay connected with loved ones through video chats, phone calls and care updates. We believe that every senior should experience the best in life.
Contact the Comfort Keepers Calgary office to learn more about how we can help maintain safety, comfort, and happiness in the home.
Care Services Help Seniors Maintain Mental Health
Help Seniors Maintain Mental Health
Maintain Senior Mental Health | Depression and loneliness can have a dramatic impact on seniors who live alone. Maybe they struggle to complete the tasks required for maintaining a safe and clean household, or they can no longer bath and dress independently. A Comfort Keeper in home caregiver can help provide personalized care services.
Depression Rates In Seniors Are Higher Than Ever
The rates of depression among seniors is staggering. Even though there is evidence that seniors who remain in their own homes tend to be physically healthier than their peers residing in a nursing home or assisted living facility, living alone can contribute to depression. Other factors like chronic illness, isolation, and loneliness can also make depression worse for seniors. Most experts say that half or more of all seniors are at risk for developing depression.
Care services from an experienced caregiver can help eliminate the symptoms of depression. Having an in home caregiver available to help with personal care services, light housekeeping and transportation will keep your senior loved one connected to the world. Seniors are much more likely to eat a healthy meal when they have a caregiver to help them cook and share their meal. No one likes eating alone day after day. Many seniors don’t eat adequate meals because they don’t want to cook for solely for themselves. A caregiver will make cooking and mealtimes fun.
Other Ways That Care Services Can Help
Eating healthy meals is a good way to combat depression, but your senior loved one also needs to participate in social events and get out into the community in order to help fight depression. A home health aide can make that easier. Home health aides can provide and arrange for safe transportation for seniors so they can go visit with friends, attend local events or just go shopping and run errands. If your senior loved one has trouble getting around because of arthritis or an illness, a dedicated caregiver can also assist them so that they can comfortably and safely leave the house for activities.
Exercise is also a great way to fight the symptoms of depression, but often seniors don’t want to exercise alone. Caregivers can encourage your senior loved one to be more active by going on walks with them, or arranging for them to get to the pool for swimming classes. Even getting into the yard for some gardening can help. Talk with one of our senior care staff members today to find out how care services can help your loved one fight depression.
Comfort Keepers® Calgary Can Help with How to Maintain Senior Mental Health
If you are concerned about the safety of your aging loved ones, especially in regard to fire, we can help. While it’s important to rely on the expertise of licensed professionals for certain precautions, we can provide home safety assessments and ensure your loved ones’ environment is safe.