Understanding Companion Care and how it can help your loved ones
One You Love Homecare offers care services that help seniors at every stage of aging. Let’s talk about how we define companion care and how it can help seniors maintain independence and improve quality of life. The definition of companion care can include many things, but primarily focuses on emotional support through friendship and social activities and practical assistance with daily living tasks such as self-care, meal planning and prep and light household chores that help individuals maintain a safe living environment.
How does Companion Care help the ones you love?
Growing older can be challenging — from mobility issues that make accomplishing everyday tasks more difficult to social isolation that can lead to anxiety, depression and reduced cognitive ability. Companion care provides services that help seniors stay active, engaged, and connected to the world around them.
Companion caregivers play a vital role in supporting senior mental health by providing friendship, social opportunities, and transportation to and from activities and appointments. Beyond providing emotional support, companion care providers can help your loved ones with daily living tasks. They can assist with chores that include running errands, making the bed, changing bed linens and doing the laundry and dishes. They can provide stand-by assistance so your loved ones can perform self-care safely and maintain their physical well-being by accompanying them on walks, reminding them to take their medications, planning and preparing nutritious meals and ensuring that seniors eat regularly.
Who is Companion Care for?
Companion care is an excellent option for loved ones who want to stay independent and live at home but may need a little help. It also offers peace of mind to families of individuals who live far away or can’t check on their loved ones regularly. It’s ideal for seniors who:
· Live alone and/or experience loneliness or isolation.
· Have mobility issues or need help with transportation.
· Are experiencing mild cognitive or memory challenges.
· Need a little extra help with daily chores or self-care activities.
How One You Love Companion Care delivers outstanding support
Emotional support and daily activity assistance by highly qualified, compassionate, and dedicated caregivers are the cornerstone of our Companion Care services. To enhance those services, we offer a tablet-based mobile app that uses advanced care technology to keep your loved ones engaged, stimulated, and entertained. The app includes brain games focused on memory, language, cognition, judgment, logic, number and word skills tailored to individual abilities. It offers dynamic reporting that lets you keep track of your loved one’s performance and access online care and progress reports.
Our unique combination of professional, compassionate care, 24/7 support, and advanced home care technology gives your loved ones everything they need to maintain their independent lifestyle — and everything you need for complete peace of mind.
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