Hiring a Home Care Aide May Improve Safety for Dad

By Andy Niska | February 16, 2017 |

Caregiver in Liberty Lake WA

You may be concerned about your elderly father at home. He might be living alone and has been calling on you every once in a while for help. Whenever you go over there to check in on him, you’re appalled at what he may be doing. You keep thinking he’s going to fall and get seriously hurt.

You’ve tried to tell him about your concerns with regard to his safety, but he doesn’t seem to listen. As he’s calling on you for more and more help around the house, you may have limited time. Even if you have the time to devote to him, hiring a home care aide, somebody with experience, can make a world of difference.

Experienced care matters.

The more experience a home care aide has in supporting seniors, the more likely they’ve seen just about every situation your father could put them through. When a person has more experience, they can see various safety risk factors down the road, long before they actually become a problem.

You might not notice potential safety issues until they actually occur, and at that point it’s usually too late to avoid them.

They can offer physical support.

A home care aide can help your father get out of bed if he needs assistance, get up and down stairs, go to the store, get to a doctor’s appointment, and do a number of other tasks around the house. You might be working and have limited time.

You also might not have the strength to support him. The right type of physical support can help seniors stay safer within the comfort of their home.

They can recognize various risk factors.

There might be a number of risk factors to consider. If your father is having difficulty walking up and down stairs, he is at an increased risk of slipping and falling down the stairs at some point in time.

That might seem obvious, but an experienced home care aide might be able to spot poor lighting, items left in common walking areas, and the risks involved in him stepping into and out of the shower, especially the floor doesn’t have nonslip mats or other pads on it.

Your father might respect an outside opinion.

You may be frustrated because your father doesn’t seem to listen to you about these risk factors, but he might listen to an outside, ‘professional’ opinion. That can be just what he needs to stay safer at home.

If you or an aging loved one are considering caregiver services in Liberty Lake, WA, please contact the friendly staff at Love at Home Senior Care, today. Call (509) 204-4088

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Andy Niska

Owner at Love In Home Senior Care

Andy has over 20+ years experience in the medical community and has a true compassion for seniors. With a degree in Health Care Administration, he developed a background in a variety of health care services that only comes from first hand experience. While working as a manager of a large clinic and as an account executive for medical suppliers. Andy has built valuable relationships with the medical community.

His role in Love In Home Senior Care is to educate people on what care choice is the best fit for the senior and their family while attempting to make this decision as stress-free as possible for everyone involved.

This decision making process should be smooth and stress free for everyone, including all family members and their loved ones. Having access to people with experience (like the team at Love In Home Senior Care) to assist you along the way can help this process. With an extensive background in health care, Andy has the experience needed to guide and direct your loved one to the choice that is the best fit.