Ways a Home Health Care Aide Helps Mom More Than You Could

By Marlene Diaz | March 3, 2017 |

Home Health Care Shoreline WA – Ways a Home Health Care Aide Helps

Your mother has been hospitalized recently. You know she’s going to need proper support and care when she is discharged. You’ve stepped up to volunteer to help her, mostly because you live in the same town and it seems to make sense. After all, you have a personal relationship with her and it’s a pretty good one.

Why wouldn’t you consider taking care of her?

This is one of the main reasons why there are an estimated 44 million people taking care of elderly and disabled family members (Forbes). Unfortunately, the vast majority of these individuals ultimately deal with a tremendous amount of stress and anxiety and have no prior experience offering this level of support.

There are numerous reasons why an experienced home health care aide can actually provide better care and support for your elderly mother. Here are three to contemplate at the moment.

Experience makes all the difference.

If you have no prior experience supporting an elderly person, you may not know various signs to look for, things to expect, and how to deal with some situations. When a person has been working with elderly clients for years, they have probably grown accustomed to the various rhythms each person has.

They also get a pretty good idea of how to work most effectively with each individual. This caregiver may have the experience to help your mother deal with certain challenges she’s facing, which you may be completely unaware about at the moment.

She may encourage your mother.

You may be worried about your mother’s safety, but she wants to be active. If you’re discouraging her from activity, how is that providing her the best opportunity to enjoy life? Quality of life is important for people of all ages.

An experienced caregiver can offer the physical support and emotional encouragement to their clients so they begin pursuing certain hobbies or other areas of interest that are important to them.

It can help avoid relationship harm.

Are you arguing with your mother more frequently now? You very well might be. These arguments can start out as something minor, but they can build.

When you rely on the best home health care options available, you can avoid some of those frustrating relationship challenges. You can, instead, focus your time and energy properly on helping your mother enjoy life and live it to the full.

If you or an aging loved one are considering Home Health Care Services in Shoreline WA, contact the caring staff at Hospitality Home Care today. Call us at (206) 966-6552.

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Marlene Diaz

Care Supervisor at Hospitality Home Care

Marlene brings to Hospitality Home Care's Care Supervisor Team an unprecedented level of passion for caring for others and a wealth of knowledge and understanding in the care services field. Marlene has worked in the healthcare field for more than 15 years in a variety of settings including, adult family home administration, home care HR supervising and working with specialty populations including dementia, mental health and developmental disabilities. Throughout this time Marlene has also maintained her caregiver credentials that she obtained as a teenager because, while her knowledge is best served helping to train caregivers and assist families to get the care they need, her heart is most fulfilled when she is providing care to others. When she is not in the office, you will most likely find Marlene caring for her family, or spending time with her friends.