Having a special place for your senior to visit regularly that offers the care she needs with other services she wants is the best way to help her to have the best quality of life she can. It helps so much when that location also understands her needs as a veteran and can offer her specialized veteran care as well.
Assess the Services She Needs
Talk to your senior about what it is that she need most right now. Is eating difficult? Or does she have more trouble with managing health issues, like testing blood sugar on a daily basis. Veterans care services can help with those needs and more, as well, depending on your senior’s challenges. As her needs change, the services that she needs will be waiting for her.
Get Help from Her Doctor
You may also want to talk with your senior’s doctor about what else might help your elderly family member. If therapy or additional medical assistance would be helpful, your senior’s doctor can recommend specific services that she can avail herself of while she’s getting other help with veteran care.
Consider Her Wants, Too
Another benefit of veteran care is the opportunity to socialize with other veterans. During meals or during other activities, like group exercise sessions or fun events, your senior can meet others who share her interests. This can be incredibly important for mental health, especially if your elderly family member doesn’t have the same opportunities for socialization that she might have had in the past.
Choose a Schedule that Works for Her
Consistency is key with so many things for your elderly family member and ensuring that she has a schedule and a routine that works for her is important. The best part of veteran care through an adult day health care center is that your senior is able to come every day to have specific types of assistance and it can all be done when it’s convenient for her to do so. This gives her the best benefits of both having a routine that supports her and having flexibility to do what she needs and wants to do.
It can also be important for you as her primary family caregiver to have time to rest and to handle your own needs. Veteran’s care can ensure that your elderly family member is in excellent hands while you are taking care of other necessary tasks.
Oxnard Family Circle started phased transition to the center-based services under Department of Public Health and Department of Aging regulations effective 6/1/2021. Oxnard Family Circle offers both services during this transition period: the center-based and the services at the doorsteps.
Considering help for a senior in Ventura County? Learn more about adult day care in Santa Paula, CA. Call us! 1-805-385-4180.
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