Small Tasks Your Home Care Caregiver Can Help With

Home care caregivers provide extra support and assistance to older adults. However, while many people think of home care caregivers as staying in the home for 8 hours at a time, or overnight, or even all day, the reality is that home care is personalized to the senior’s needs. Oftentimes, home care services include dropping in a few times per week to help out with certain tasks.

Suppose you think your senior loved one can’t get home care services because your loved one only needs help with smaller tasks. In that case, you could miss out on the opportunity to hire a caregiving agency that customizes services to your needs!

Here are just a few smaller tasks that home care caregivers can help with.

Laundry Services Once or Twice Per Week

Sorting clothes and hauling an awkward laundry basket to the washing machine can feel like a monumental task for a senior with decreased endurance or balance issues. Having a home care caregiver stop by once a week to sort, wash, dry, and put away laundry can mean the senior doesn’t have to spend time and energy on this tedious task!

Home care caregivers will take care of the laundry and while they wait for the washing and drying cycle to finish, they will happily visit and enjoy time with your loved one.

Meal Preparation a Few Times Per Week

Nutrition can be a challenge for many older adults. Part of the challenge is the task of planning, shopping, and preparing three meals each day. Your loved one’s home care caregiver can take care of these tasks for your loved one, giving them the chance to just enjoy the food instead of taking care of cooking and preparing.

Home care caregivers can grocery shop for the senior as well as come back to unpack the groceries and prepare individual portions of favorite meals to stock the fridge and cabinets. This way, your senior loved one only needs to reheat a delicious meal and you can rest assured the meals are nutritious.

Pet Care

If your aging loved one has a dog or cat at home, you already know their pet is an important part of the family. However, caring for a pet can become more challenging as we age. Perhaps getting your loved one’s dog out for a regular walk is difficult due to mobility issues or maybe portioning out food for your loved one’s cat is a task they forget to do.

Your home care caregiver can take care of these pet tasks, ensuring your loved one’s pet is healthy and cared for.

Tidying Up the Home

Cleaning up the house takes time and a lot of energy. For many family members, noticing a less-than-tidy home is one of the red flags that point them to seek out assistance from a home care agency. 

A home care caregiver can provide light housekeeping services a few times per week, allowing your loved one to relax and enjoy a clean home without needing to do all the work. Your loved one will have more energy to devote to other parts of their day when they don’t need to worry about vacuuming, dusting, and tidying.

Scheduled Personal Care

Your loved one might be able to take care of their own hygiene and care tasks regularly. However, they might feel nervous to take a shower a few times per week because they had a fall in the bathroom, or they might need some support for washing their hair because of a mobility challenge.

Your home care caregiver can stop by to provide this personal care on a schedule of your loved one’s choosing. Maybe the caregiver comes by on Sunday mornings to help out with washing their hair and blowing it dry before church, or maybe the caregiver stops by a few times per week in the evenings to stand by during the shower so your loved one can be confident they are safe.

Customized Care for You

At CaringGivers, we excel at developing personalized care plans based on what our clients need and what they want. We don’t believe that every senior needs 4-12 hours of care per day; in fact, we celebrate the seniors who just need a few hours of help per week! We see our role as one of support, and assistance varies from client to client.

Curious if your loved one could benefit from customized services? Contact us to tell us more about your needs.

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