Signs A Senior Needs Help At Home

How do you know when a loved one needs more help at home than they are currently getting? It can be challenging at best to navigate the early days of seeking in-home care for a senior in your life. You want to ensure that you give them what they need to thrive independently for as long as possible.

Here are a few signs a senior might need more in-home help:

Lack of Activities of Daily Living

One of the most common reasons families and loved ones will find in-home help for seniors is because they notice the senior begins failing to perform activities of daily living, like taking a shower, getting dressed, and even having the ability to use the restroom on their own.

If they struggle to do something essential to daily living and you can’t help all the time, then you need to put some professional services in place.

Skipping Meals

Many seniors get out of the habit of cooking and prepping healthy meals. Even a TV dinner might be beyond what they can make. Home care assistance can make them healthy meals.

Eating properly will help maintain better overall health.

Forgetting Medication

Medication is an important regimen for many seniors, and if they can’t remember to take their medication or struggle to take it correctly, in-home care can help. With assistance, they can be sure that medication is taken on time, and without accidentally taking it twice.

Is there anything scarier than showing up to your loved one’s home and realizing they aren’t there? Many seniors are prone to wandering, both with and without a vehicle. Unfortunately, it’s common for them to become confused and get lost on the route back home.

If you find that a loved one is leaving the house and not returning for hours at a time, you need some help to supervise them. It becomes a matter of basic safety at that point, even if you take away the car keys.

Last but not least, you might need in-home care for a senior when the load is too heavy to carry entirely on your own. Caretaking can take quite a toll on you as a loved one, and your own health may start to suffer as you prioritize their care. If this sounds familiar to you, then you need home care assistance in Winnipeg with Right At Home.

We can help you find the services your loved one needs so that they can remain at home longer. Let us help you develop a custom plan that meets your senior’s needs.

For more information, check out Right at Home Winnipeg on Best in Winnipeg's Best Places that Provide Elder Care list.

Why Right at Home?

• Over 20 years of experience. Right at Home has been providing award winning customized senior care and home care for over 20 years.
• YOUR Caregivers are all part of YOUR Care Team. This means that there is no revolving door of Personal Support Workers and Nurses. With the help of your Care Planner, you choose and get to know them. This leads to an level of care for your loved one that is unsurpassed in our industry.
• Working with government support. Your Care Planner will work to help you find the government supports you are eligible for (if you would like them) and then work to find a solution for the care needs that go above what government and family can do. We will also work around the government care plan so that we are enhancing it.

We help in home, wherever home is to you.

Our Caregivers are always out in the community visiting homes, Retirement Residences, Long Term Care (LTC), hospices and hospitals.