Life spans for people in the United States keep increasing, which means more people will need assistance as they get older. That is especially true for those who wish to live at home. If you are older and have a spouse, more than likely you can rely on each other. However, at some point, even that might not be enough. If you live alone, your needs are greater. Fifty years ago, few people lived well into their 80s or 90s. Now, it is common.
The need for senior care is greater now more than ever, but how do you provide it? Taking the burden on yourself can be exhausting. It may not even be possible. Are you in the position to care for a relative full time? Is your health good enough to take the stress of this responsibility? Being a caregiver can be rewarding, but it is also demanding. Most people need help.
Receiving good, qualified help means seeking people with experience. You need caregivers who can judge what the individual in their care need, versus what is available. Despite being in someone’s care, we believe that people still need to exercise control over their lives. At Assisting Hands home care Florence, our caregivers specialize in that skill.
The in-home senior care team of Assisting Hands, serving Crestview Hills, KY, and Kenton County, will help you reduce your stress levels when caring for a family member. Our caregivers will keep in touch with you, to let you know how things are going and they will always be happy to have you visit.
Assisting Hands can provide senior care even in difficult times, when your worry is at its peak. As our specialty is elderly care, and we are good at improving difficult situations. Let us help you, and your family member, and make your lives easier. At Assisting Hands, we provide highly educated and prepared hands for your senior’s needs.
Our Senior Home Care Services in Kenton County
In Crestview Hills, KY, in home care professional services by Assisting Hands keeps the client at home, and hopefully away from a hospital or institution. We do that to keep both your family member, and your family, happy. Our experience there is ample, and our care reflects that. We will always remember your family member has a voice, we will keep what they want in mind, and design our care around it.
Crestview Hills, KY Elderly Companion Care
Providing elderly home care in Crestview Hills, KY is much more than doing the daily chores. Fulfilling the basic human need for companionship is a lot of what is needed. That is even more true for the elderly. This could be the ultimate need for someone who has lived alone for years, and not by choice. The passing of a spouse, and family being far away, can be very hard.
Assisting Hands provides caregivers who can help with companionship. Our senior caregivers in Kenton County know how to share. It can be something as simple as conversation, or a drive together to a nearby park. It can also be something as complex as recounting personal histories with each other.
Any kind of significant sharing involves some degree of emotional connection. That is part and parcel of companionship. Our caregivers will help supply that basic human need, alleviate loneliness, and just brighten a client’s day. Simply being there for your family member can combat depression and even reduce dependence on medication.
The senior caregivers at Assisting Hands naturally and easily make connections with their clients. It could start with activities they have in common, like playing cards, or watching movies at home. Other activities might be arts or crafts. It is not so much what is done, but how it affects the clients’ mood.
Home Senior Care Services We Offer in Kenton County
Personal Care: Your caregiver can provide you or a loved one with assistance in bathing, dressing, eating, incontinence care, medication reminders, oral hygiene, walking and personal mobility, transferring to and from chair, bed, or wheelchair, toileting, and other services tailored to meet individual needs.
These are all things that we take for granted every day, but for some people that have a hard time with mobility, they can all be quite challenging. Our senior caregivers are patient and will be there to help your loved one through these activities, all the while making sure that they are safe from an unexpected slip or fall.
Meal Preparation: Overall health and well-being can be improved by ensuring your loved one is receiving healthy, well-balanced meals. In addition to tasting better, nutritious meals play an important role in maintaining good health.
Furthermore, if your loved one has special dietary restrictions, we can make sure that they are adhered to. This includes things like a diet for Diabetes, allergies, gluten free options, and more. It is not always clear which foods contain ingredients that could be harmful to those with dietary restrictions. Our caregivers will make sure that your loved one is taken care of.
An Assisting Hands® senior care giver in Crestview Hills KY, who possess or is certified as a State Tested Nursing Aide (STNA), Personal Care Assistant (PCA), Home Health Aide (HHA), or a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), can perform everything from grocery shopping to preparing meals in accordance with any special diet, to serving the meal, providing eating assistance and cleaning up afterwards. Just let us know your situation and we will provide tailored services to your individual needs.
Grocery Shopping: Your caregiver can provide you or a loved one with assistance in grocery shopping, picking up prescriptions, organizing incoming mail and going to the post office, and any routine personal errands you or a loved one might require.
For many elderly people, the simple act of leaving the house to run errands can be a monumental proposition. With the help of our caregivers, you will not have to worry about your loved one going without food, or the bills not getting paid, because they are unable to leave the house that day. Also, you will not have to worry about your elderly loved one driving on their own, as we can do that for them too.
Light Housekeeping: Your caregiver can provide you or a loved one with services such as vacuuming, washing dishes, laundry, dusting, bed making, sweeping, mopping floors, taking out the trash, and any other light housekeeping items you or a loved one might require. Let us know your situation and we will provide tailored services to your individual needs.
Keeping the house in order is a great way for your loved one to feel like things have not drastically changed in their lives. In addition to that, being inattentive to housekeeping duties can lead to airborne particles that could be very hurtful if they are breathed into our lungs. If nothing is being cleaned, dust, mold, pet dander, and other harmful particles can enter the airway. Our caregivers will make sure that this does not happen.
Companionship: Your senior caregiver can assist you or your loved one with recreational activities or hobbies, or just provide good company for a game of cards or a nice chat!
It might seem like a little thing, but you might be surprised at how simple companionship can help improve the life of your loved one. Just like many other facets of our lives, our brains need to be stimulated in order to function properly. Through engaging conversation, or participation in beloved activities, your loved one will get the stimulation that they need.
Crestview Hills, KY in Home Senior Care for Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s is a very challenging disease, and one for which there is no cure. Our caregivers have experience in providing people with Alzheimer’s in home care in Crestview Hills, KY. Emotional support, patience, and dedication are vital. Someone with Alzheimer’s will need increasing support as the disease progresses, and we will be there to provide that.
Assisting Hands will make a good match between the condition of your relative with Alzheimer’s, and the experience of the caregivers. That way, the level of dementia in home care will be appropriate, and designed to give the Kenton County, KY client a comfortable home life.
Kenton County Senior In Home Health Care
Our senior caregivers in Kenton County do not practice medicine, but they will act in accordance with the family doctor’s wishes in your family member’s home. If your loved one needs help with prescription refills, staying on medication, or even help with drug side effects, we can do that. We will help with keeping doctor’s orders followed.
Our caregivers have an appropriate outlook for the health of those they care for. They do not wait for trouble to happen; they act proactively to avoid it. That includes helping clients stay away from activities that can harm them.
As for meal preparation, Assisting Hands senior caregivers help the elderly remember special diets. We will assist with keeping a diabetic’s diet on the straight and narrow, and help prepare safe meals for those with allergies. Caregivers can also remind clients to take necessary supplements, like vitamins or liquids.
About Our in Home Senior Caregivers
Experience is the best teacher, and our in-home caregivers know that. Our caregivers are constantly improving their skills through practical learning. Our training program is a good start, but actually caring for people is what makes things work. So, our caregivers continue to teach themselves, and being able to learn is how our company operates.
Our senior caregivers are hired only after extensive screening and background checking. Even after hiring and working for us, their performance is reviewed regularly. You will always be sure to receive a great caregiver.
What we do is simple in concept, but exacting and challenging in practice. Our home care professionals in Kenton County do our best to keep the quality of life of your family member at its peak. By doing that, we also help your quality of life.
Assisting Hands cannot eliminate the stress and worry you may have for your relative, but we will do whatever we can to reduce it. Contact us today!
