Aging is a fact of life and it affects all families. As adult children, when imagining our parents as seniors, we may not fully comprehend the extent to which their aging will affect them or how it will affect us. Indeed, if they are already seniors and still in good health and living independently we may not feel any dramatic changes or concerns. However, the time does come when effects of aging become more evident and long-term care may be needed and it also interfeers with our loved ones daily life, as much as we love our family we must admit that taking care of an elder can be extremely time consuming and also very delicate. For this matter, we will provide you a list of activities and tasks that if your loved one cannot do by himself or herself they may need professional assistance like an Assistance Living facility or Certified Senior Care:
- Self-feeding
- Functional Mobility
- Bathing or Showering
- Personal Hygiene
- Toilet Hygiene
- Cooking and Preparing Meals
- Cleaning and Maintaining the Home
- Shopping and Buying Necessities
- Running Errands
- Managing Money and Paying Bills
- Speaking or Communicating on the Phone or Through Other Devices
- Taking Prescribed Medications
It’s extremely important to think of the well-being of our loved ones and also providing them proper care. Taking an honest look at where an elderly parent needs support is the first step and then assess at all the possible solutions in order get them the help they need.