Can Home Care Promote a Healthy Aging Process for Seniors?

Edmonton Senior Health  |  August 8, 2017

What Every Senior in Edmonton, AB Needs to Know About A Healthy Aging Process

Healthy Aging | As your elderly loved one reaches their golden years, they can age more or less gracefully.  We have some tips to help make the process as conducive to good health as possible.

1) Eat healthy—Now, we’re sure your loved one has been told this enough times.  But whether Mom or Dad is a bit willful or…just human, they’ll have a hard time sticking to that kale and baked salmon routine.  We’ve found that home care providers really help in this.  One reason is that our providers often engage in cooking with your loved one.  Sharing meals, as you know, leads to solid nutrition rather than loads of high-calorie comfort food.

2) Practice prevention– It’s so important for our elderly not to let checkups blood tests and other preventative measures fall through the cracks.  Further, prevention can mean not only taking medicine but also applying vitamin supplements and a healthy diet, above.  It can mean a lot of things, but all of them benefit from a few reminders.

Home care often involves a gentle touch.  Because our caregivers are in the home with your loved one, they build up a bond and a lot of trust.  They’re definitely the right ones, not to manage your mom or dad’s health life, but to provide reminders and to ensure prevention is in place.

Is Home Care Good For A Senior’s Social Life?

Our next two tips center around the emotional well-being of your loved one.

3) Have friendship and companionship– When an elderly person is in an elder care facility, he or she may have quite a few friends.  However, a healthcare provider involved in-home care is a close friend who is around your loved one for an extended period of time.  This sort of relationship can be more meaningful and can raise morale.  At the very least it will ward off loneliness.

4) Remain active– The home care your loved one will receive from Comfort Keepers will involve transportation and activities that your family member may enjoy.  This keeps a person young at heart.

Comfort Keepers® in Edmonton Can Help with In-Home Elderly Care!

If you are concerned about the health and well-being of your aging loved ones we can help. Comfort Keepers®’ trained caregivers help provide senior clients with the highest quality of life possible to keep them happy and healthy at home. 

Companionship and Interactive Caregiving™

Our Interactive Caregiving™ provides a system of care that addresses safety, nutrition, mind, body, and activities of daily living (ADLs).

Moreover, our trained caregivers are selected with one specific quality in mind: empathy. Empathetic care is care that starts in the heart, and it allows us to meet our client’s exact needs. 

Learn more about our unique service offering by contacting the Comfort Keepers Edmonton office. If you live in Devon, Edmonton, Sherwood Park, or Stony Plain and surrounding areas, contact Comfort Keepers at 780-465-4665.

Comfort Keepers® Edmonton is an Approved Service Provider for the Client Directed Homecare Invoicing Program Offered by Alberta Health Services. Is Invoicing the Right Option for You?  Read more about the program HERE.

Comfort Keepers Edmonton is here to help you and your loved ones get the best care possible. Awarded the “Accredited with Exemplary Standing” seal by Accreditation Canada. Our Edmonton location has achieved the highest available certification in Canada for Home Care services, clearly demonstrating Comfort Keepers’ commitment to offering safe, high-quality home care to its senior clients in Edmonton.

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