Tasks That Elderly Care Providers Can Do for Your Elderly Parent

Does your elderly parent need more and more help these days? You might be wondering if you can get them elderly care services. Many elderly people can live independently. However, they need someone to come to their home and help them with certain tasks. There are certain tasks that elderly care providers can help your elderly parent with.  

Transportation Services

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Does your elderly parent need help getting to their doctor’s appointments? Do they need a ride so they can go visit their friends and family members? Maybe they need a ride to get groceries, go to the senior center, or do other activities. If so, you can hire elderly care providers to get your elderly loved one where they need to or want to go. The transportation services might be essential for your elderly loved one’s health, emotional well-being, and livelihood.  

Medication Assistance 

Has your elderly loved one been forgetting to take their medications? Maybe it is the complete opposite. You might have found your elderly loved one is taking too many pills because they forgot they already took them. If your elderly loved one needs medication assistance, you can hire elderly care providers to help. They can prep your elderly loved one’s medication box. If your elderly loved one has an automatic pill dispenser, the elderly care provider can get that ready. In addition, if your elderly loved one needs reminders to take their medication, the elderly care providers can give these reminders.  

Recovery After an Injury or Surgery 

If your elderly loved one was injured or had a surgery, they will need time to recover. Depending on how bad they were injured or what type of surgery they had, the recovery time might be more intense. However, you can get elderly care providers to help your elderly loved one with their recovery process. These providers can help your elderly loved one with daily tasks, medications, moving around, and going to appointments. They can help your elderly loved one to get as close as possible to their previous physical state.  

Conclusion 

These are some of the tasks that elderly care providers can help your elderly loved one with. If you think that your elderly loved one needs the extra help, you can call an elderly care company today. You can schedule an elderly care provider to go to your loved one’s home as often as is needed. If, at any time, your elderly loved one needs more or less assistance, you can change these services with the elderly care company.  

If you or an aging loved one are considering Elderly Care in Glenview, IL, contact the caring staff at Companion Services of America today at (847) 943-3786. Our home care service area includes Northbrook, Highland Park, Deerfield, Glenview, Buffalo Grove, Evanston, Des Plaines, Skokie, Lake Forest, Wilmette and the surrounding areas. 

Sources 

https://medlineplus.gov/caregivers.html 

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Jamie Shapiro

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Jamie Shapiro, founder of Companion Services of America, LLC received a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Chicago. Jamie started her career in psychiatric social work at Northwestern University Institute of Psychiatry. Later, she went on to become the Director of Social Services at Belmont Community Hospital where she developed discharge planning procedures to assist staff in identifying potential patients requiring intervention.

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