Types of Changes to Your Senior’s Needs
What things are you taking care of for your elderly loved one at this point? Maybe, you come over to their house and help clean up. You might help them get groceries or remind them to eat right. All the help that you are giving your elderly loved one right now is fantastic. However, it is important to learn about some of the changes that your elderly loved one might need in regard to their needs and receiving help from personal care at home services.
Relationships
As time goes on, you may notice that your elderly loved one is experiencing changes to their relationships. Some things you might notice include:
- Isolating from friends and family
- Not answering phone calls as often as they used to
- Avoiding family or social events
If you start noticing these things, it could mean that your elderly loved one is having mental or physical health issues. However, they may not want to speak up about it. Don’t let them struggle alone. Let your elderly loved one know that you are there for them. If they want someone outside of their family to be there for them – a third party – you can hire personal care at home providers.
Strange Behaviors
Over the course of caring for your elderly loved one, you may notice some strange behaviors. Some of the things that you may notice include:
- Becoming louder than usual
- Getting more agitated than they usually are
- Being quieter and more isolated than usual
- Accusing loved ones of stealing from them
Each one of these behaviors could have many causes. However, if you do notice these things, it is important that you try to get to the bottom of it. It could be dementia, mental health issues, feeling lonely, or any range of other issues.
Not Taking Care of Themselves
Have you been noticing that your elderly loved one is not taking care of themselves? Maybe, you went over to their house last weekend and their hair was all ruffled. It may have seemed like your elderly loved one hasn’t bathed in a while. Your elderly loved one might be:
- Depressed
- In physical pain
- Feeling lonely
- Not able to do personal hygiene tasks
If your elderly loved one is not taking care of themselves, it may be a good idea to hire personal care at home providers to help them. These providers can help with personal hygiene, household, meal prep, and many other tasks.
Time to Bring in Personal Care at Home Services
As you continue caring for your elderly loved one, you may notice there are some changes in their needs. If you notice any of the things mentioned above, you may want to have personal care at home providers help your elderly loved one out regularly.
Sources:
- https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/aging-place-growing-older-home
- https://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/healthy-aging-in-action508.pdf
If you or an aging loved-one are considering Personal Care at Home Services in the Overland Park KS area, please contact the caring staff at Elder Care of Kansas City, today. Proudly serving Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass Counties in Missouri as well as Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas for over 30 years. Call us at 816-333-3322.
Prior to purchasing Elder Care, Kevin spent over 20 years in the health insurance industry.In his most recent position, he was in a financial operations role with Humana where he worked with doctors, nurses and other health professionals developing programs to keep Humana members healthy.Their focus on primary care and medication adherence improved the lives of thousands of seniors in Kansas City and the surrounding area.
Kevin and his wife, Lori, have three children.Kevin has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Missouri.
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