If you and your elderly family member are looking for a way to get her some extra help, then an adult day center might be the option you’ve been seeking. There are so many different ways that your senior can find her life enriched by the services offered.
Personal Care Assistance
Adult day centers can help your aging family member with personal care assistance, such as taking a shower or grooming. These activities may be difficult for her to do at home on her own. But with the help of people who care, your senior is able to relax and get the help that she needs. Her self-esteem is so much better when she knows that she’s got fresh clothing on and has had a shower safely.
Nutritional Assistance
It can be so difficult for seniors to eat healthy meals on a regular basis, but adult day health care services can change that for your senior. It’s also possible for your elderly family member to get some guidance about why she should be eating healthier meals, including how that simple change can affect her health in a positive way. Eating meals with other people can also be helpful, which might be difficult for her to have at home on her own.
Socialization
Besides eating meals around other people, your elderly family member gets a chance to engage in all sorts of activities with other people. Too many aging adults spend a lot of time completely alone and going to an adult day center allows them the opportunity to change that. Your senior may even find that she’s able to learn about new hobbies and try out different activities on a regular basis.
Health Assistance
Another reason for your senior to spend time at an adult day health care center is to better manage her health. whether she needs to check her blood sugar regularly or needs to take medications at a specific time, she can get the help that she needs in order to make sure that she’s managing her health as well as possible.
Adult day centers are an easy way for your senior to have help when she needs it and in the ways that she needs it most. When you’re a busy family caregiver, it can be a tremendous weight off your shoulders to know that your senior has somewhere she can go to get such a wide range of help during the day.
Oxnard Family Circle: Safe, Reliable, Social and Fun!
If you need respite and/or help with caring for your loved one in any corner of Ventura County, CA (Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ventura, Camarillo, etc.), talk to the caring staff at Oxnard Family Circle ADHC. today. 1-805-385-4180
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