The holidays are here, but perhaps your shopping isn’t done. With all the caregiving you provide, you might find it challenging to find the perfect gift for everyone, especially an aging parent who has everything. One gift your elderly loved one may enjoy is the gift of time through the gift of some homemaker services.
Who Needs Homemaker Services
You might be wondering if homemaker services are a good option for your loved one. While anyone can probably use a little help now and again, your loved one might be finding herself in a stage of life where she could use more consistent help around the home.
Some reasons she may need a little bit of extra help from homemaker services can include:
- Physical limitations: Whether it’s due to a chronic illness like arthritis or Parkinson’s disease, your loved one could be at a time in her life when her body can no longer perform all of the activities it used to, and it’s making keeping the home in tip-top condition more difficult than ever.
- Mental capacity: Diseases such as dementia can make following through and completing chores difficult, as well as maintaining the safety of the home while living there. In the early stages of dementia or Alzheimer’s, many people just need a little help to allow them to live independently a bit longer.
- Mobility issues: If your loved one needs help walking or navigating her home, a homemaker services team can step in and help in areas she can no longer access or navigate safely.
Top Four Services that Your Loved One Can Request
One of the great benefits to having a homemaker services provider come to your loved one’s home, is that you can customize the types of service(s) your loved one receives based on her needs. Your provider will work with you and your loved one to make sure that what they are providing is adding value to their daily life.
- Preparing Meals: If your loved one needs help with meal preparation, a homemaker services provider can assist with not only meal prep but also creating a shopping list and picking up the groceries.
- Transportation: Perhaps your loved one is no longer comfortable driving or has physical limitations preventing her from getting behind the wheel. While public transportation may work for some, for others it’s not an option. A homemaker services team can work with your loved one to help provide transportation to needed appointments and for running errands.
- Pet Care: If it has become a struggle for your loved one to walk her dog, clean up the litter box, or change the water in the fish tank, she can continue to enjoy the benefits of pet ownership with the help of someone like a homemaker services provider.
- Household Chores: It might be too physically taxing for your loved one to wash windows, mop the floors, or bring the laundry up from the basement and put it away. Having someone come into the home to help her with household chores is a great way to let her continue to live in her home even if she can no longer perform some homeowner responsibilities.
This holiday season, consider the gift of time for your loved one that homemaker services provide so she can rest and enjoy each day.
If you or an aging loved one are considering Homemaker Services in Goshen, OH, please contact the caring staff at Freedom Home Care today at (513) 461-2780
Freedom Home Care Serves Veterans in Clermont County, Batavia, Amelia, Milford, New Richmond, Goshen, Bethel, Williamsburg, Loveland, Withamsville, Brown County, Felicity, Georgetown, Mount Orab, Ripley, Hamersville, Sardinia, and surrounding areas.
Our team is committed to providing the highest standard of care, ensuring that each Veteran we serve can live a dignified and independent life in the comfort of their own home. Our services are tailored to meet the unique needs of each Veteran, reflecting our deep commitment to their well-being.
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