Companion care at home services for seniors helps older people who want to age in place and live independently. With companion care at home, many seniors can continue living in their homes as they get older. Even seniors who have medical conditions like COPD, Parkinson’s, or Alzheimer’s may be able to continue living at home for years with home care assistance.
As seniors get older they often have trouble doing the tasks that are necessary to take care of themselves and their homes. Cleaning, laundry, cooking meals, shopping, and other tasks become more difficult with age.
A companion care at home provider can help seniors with tasks like:
Medication Reminders
As they get older seniors usually have to take additional medications to manage their health. It’s easy for seniors to forget to take their medications, or not take them the right way. A home care provider will remind your senior parent when it’s time to take medications and make sure they take them the way the doctor has prescribed. They can fill prescription organizers, pick up medication at the pharmacy, and set medication alarms too.
Cooking Meals
Cooking meals is something that many seniors need help with. As seniors age they may not be able to do tasks like washing vegetables or fruit, chop meat, lift a carton of milk out of the fridge, or safely move a pot of water off the stove. A companion care at home provider can do the bulk of the cooking so that your senior parent will have healthy nutritious meals to eat every day.
Light Housekeeping
Companion care at home also helps seniors by doing light housekeeping tasks to keep the home clean and comfortable. Care providers do tasks like loading and unloading the dishwasher, sweeping and mopping, vacuuming, dusting, picking up clutter, folding blankets, changing linens, and more.
Transportation and Errands
If your senior mom or dad no longer drives and has trouble getting out of the house to do shopping or errands a companion care at home provider can do the shopping and errands for them. A care provider can make sure that your senior parent gets to appointments like medical appointments or hair appointments and provides companionship. If you have a full-time job or take care of kids full-time and can’t always get free to take your mom or dad to an appointment home care assistance will make sure they get where they need to go.
Monitoring Health and Safety
A companion care at home provider who sees your senior parent regularly will notice small changes that can indicate a change in your senior parent’s health. They will be able to track those changes and let you and your senior parent’s doctors know if there are new symptoms that should be checked out. If your senior parent has a progressive disease like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s having input from someone who sees them daily and can alert you to those changes is very valuable. A care provider will notice if there are any changes in your mom or dad’s balance, mobility, vision, or hearing that could be a cause for concern.
If you or an aging loved one are considering Companion Care at Home Services in Marion TN please contact the caring staff at Senior Solutions Home Care. (901) 300-8576
Senior Solutions Home Care is a Trusted Home Care Agency serving Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Lakeland, Hernando, Olive Branch, Arlington, Atoka, Southaven, Bartlett, Marion, Shelby County, and surrounding areas.
Over the years, we have expanded, providing service in all 95 counties throughout Tennessee, and we now have a growing presence in Georgia.
Senior Solutions is recognized as a top 5% independent agency and a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree in 2018, 2019, and 2020. These types of awards matter to us because they show growth in our goal of eventually touching a million lives. We’re excited to continue that growth and to touch even more families with our commitment to quality care!
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