Tips for Getting Your Elderly Loved One More Comfortable with Home Care Services

Are you going to need to get home care services for your elderly loved one? If so, how do you think your loved one is going to respond to this? If you think they are going to have a tough time adjusting to these services, there are some tips that can help to get your elderly loved one more comfortable with the idea of home care services.  

Slowly Transition  

Once you find a senior care provider to help your elderly loved one, you should transition them in slowly. For example, you can start by having them come to your loved one’s home a couple hours a day for 1 or 2 days a week. After the senior care provider and your loved one get used to each other, your loved one might start trusting them. Once this happens, you can have the senior care provider come to your loved one’s home to help more often.  

Validation of Concerns 

It is likely that your elderly loved one is going to have some concerns regarding home care services. It is important that you do your best to validate any of the concerns they have.  It is important to be able to listen fully to your elderly loved one and take the concerns they have seriously. Doing this could help to make your loved one more comfortable with getting home care services. You might have to negotiate a bit, but addressing these concerns can help a great deal.  

Calling “A Friend”  

If you want to get your elderly loved one comfortable with home care services, you can call the home care provider your friend. You can tell your elderly loved one that your friend is going to come to their house to do light cleaning, meal prep, or help them with their medications. Knowing that it is your friend might help to make your elderly loved one more comfortable with someone they don’t know being in their home.  

Saying You Need the Help 

You can also tell your elderly loved one that you are the one that needs help. Let your loved one know that you have a lot going on in your life right now and you can’t always be there with them. Knowing that you are the one asking for help and not necessarily getting help for them could make them feel more comfortable with senior care providers coming to their home. 

These are some of the best tips for getting your elderly loved one more comfortable with home care services. Use these tips to help with the conversations you have with your loved one about home care services.  

If you or an aging loved-one is considering senior care in O’Fallon, MO please contact the caring staff at Autumn Home Care, LLC today at 636-448-9347. 

Sources 

https://www.medicare.gov/what-medicare-covers/what-part-a-covers/what-are-my-other-long-term-care-choices

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Kimberly Burdo

Owner at Autumn Home Care, LLC

Autumn Home Care is a locally owned and operated in-home elder care provider, dedicated to helping clients remain in the homes they love for as long as they can. We are a non-medical home care company, staffed by warm and compassionate professionals, experienced in taking care of seniors in various stages of health. We handle a wide range of services, such as help with shopping, housekeeping, attending doctor’s appointments, and preparing meals. We also provide clients with limited mobility or more intensive conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia that need a higher level of personal care. Call our team if you need help with a loved one's care.

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