Making Sure Home Care Services in Media, PA Remains Respectful ...

For many people, their marriage is the most important relationship that they will ever have. Often seniors have been married for many decades, and can?t imagine life without their partner. When it becomes obvious that home care services will need to be an important element of their lives as well, it is critical that you act as an advocate not just for your aging loved ones, but also for the sanctity of their marriage. Ensuring that all forms of senior care remain respectful of your parents? marriage will help them to feel more comfortable with the arrangements, and make sure that they are more compliant. This will help them to receive much more benefit from the care while also keeping their relationship with each other, and with you, strong and secure.

Married couples generally want to take care of each other. With this becomes physically impossible for one or both of them, the results can be very upsetting. No one wants to feel as though they are no longer capable of protecting or taking care of the person that they love most in the world. By carefully discussing this need with a senior care provider, however, you can help to ensure that both parents are given the opportunity to be a part of each other?s ongoing care and vitality.

Seniors that feel as though a caregiver is attempting to take their place in the life and care of their partners may become despondent and angry. This can cause them to stop adequately taking care of themselves, and become resistant to the care that is being provided to them by their own caregiver, or by the caregiver that is also caring for their partner. It is critical when you hire a senior care provider that you discuss with that person the importance of understanding the closeness of your parents, and respecting this bond. Ask that the caregiver make special arrangements to ensure that each parent is able to help in the care of the other so that each continues to feel useful and loved.

Some of the ways that senior care can remain respectful of marriages include:

• Allowing one partner to describe favorite meals or beverages to the caregiver so that she is able to provide these to the other partner.
• Offering for either partner to be present during the bathing and dressing of the other partner.
• Providing medication reminders to one partner for the other if that partner is capable of helping the other partner take the medication in the proper dosage.
• Allowing one partner to fold laundry, even if it is only a few items, if that is something that that person is accustomed to doing for the other.
• Listening to the needs of both partners, and allowing each to discuss his or her concerns for the other partner.
• Giving the couple plenty of time to simply be together, rather than trying to engage each in different activities, or separating the partner that requires more care from the one that doesn?t.
• Regularly verbally emphasizing the importance of the marriage, and each partner in the life of the other.
• Asking for the couple to talk about their relationship. Encourage them to share stories about how they met, their dating, the wedding and any special memories that they have together.

The caregivers at Right at Home are available to talk with you and your family about all of your home care needs. Right at Home In Home Care and Assistance is an elder care agency providing quality and affordable home care services in Media, PA and the surrounding areas. Call (610) 624-5442 for more information.

Source: http://rightathomepade.com/home-care-services-in-media-pa

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