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Month: August 2022

All of the Ways Personal Care at Home Helps With Breast Cancer

Posted on by Craig Bass
Personal Care at Home in Lafayette CA
Personal Care at Home in Lafayette CA

One out of eight women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetime. Each year, 287,850 cases of invasive breast cancer and 51,400 non-invasive breast cancer cases are diagnosed. Once diagnosed, surgery, chemo, and radiation are three of the more common treatments, but there are also medications.

If your mom is taking medications, they can have severe side effects like exhaustion, nausea, and vomiting. With the effects of radiation and chemo, your mom’s strength and stamina may be minimal. A task as simple as walking to another room or taking a shower may seem impossible. Personal care at home becomes a lifeline.

Bathing Needs

Your mom wants to take a bath or shower, but she’s too weak to get in and out of the tub or shower stall. She can do exactly what she wants, but she’ll have a caregiver available to help her get in and out of the tub or shower.

Personal care at home is there for support as she steps in and out of the shower area. She has a caregiver to help her dry off and get into pajamas or clothes. Her caregiver can help her wash her hair, brush it out, and apply skin cream.

Oral Care

Your mom may not have the energy to brush and floss her teeth, but it’s okay. Her caregiver can help her with oral care. If your mom does have nausea or even throws up because of nausea, personal care at home is there for support and to help her rinse out her mouth afterward.

Toileting

It’s a lot of work for your mom to stand up from a chair. Walking to the bathroom exhausts her, and she’s had an accident more than once. She’s mortified, even though you tell her it’s not a big deal.

If she’s embarrassed about having to interrupt your day to help her with toileting, give her peace of mind. Hire a personal care aide to help her with toileting. If she has an accident, her caregiver is there to help her clean up and get into clean clothing.

Dressing

Your mom may find it hard to get dressed. If she had surgery, she may not be able to lift her arms over her head to put on a shirt. Her caregiver can help her get dressed and change into pajamas at the end of the day.

Your mom deserves support. She’s dealing with a tough disease, and you can help her by making sure that she has someone to help her with the aspects of personal care at home that she struggles with. As her needs lessen, her care services are easily dropped or lessened, so she’s not stuck in a long-term contract. Call a personal care at home agency and hire caregivers now.

Sources:
https://www.breastcancer.org/facts-statistics

If you or an aging loved one is considering personal care at home in Lafayette, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Family Fun Month: Board Games That Multiple Generations Love

Posted on by Craig Bass
Companion Care at Home in San Ramon CA
Companion Care at Home in San Ramon CA

Celebrate Family Fun Month together this August by having a game night. Have close family members bring one of your dad’s favorite dishes for an early dinner. Once you’ve had the meal, get out board games that multiple generations love and play games until your dad is ready to call it a night. Companion care at home can help your senior stay busy with board games and puzzles throughout the month of August, too.

Here are a few great games to try with your senior:

Apples to Apples

In Apples to Apples, players are dealt cards and must play them in order to fill in the blank shown on the card that’s in play in the center of the table. Suppose the card in the center of the table says, “Things That Are Fake.” You could play “Reality TV” and hope the judge finds it funny enough to give you the point.

I Should Have Known That

I Should Have Known That is a trivia game for people who aren’t great at traditional trivia games. It asks questions that most people won’t have a clue as to what the answer is, so guesses become your best chance at winning. It includes questions like “What is Greece called in Greek?” Earn points if you’re able to guess answers correctly, and lose points for wrong guesses.

Splurt

This is a game about fast thinking where the person who yells out an answer the fastest gets a point. The card will have a topic on one side and a letter on the other. If you draw, “Book Titles” and flip it over to find the letter L, you have to think of a book that starts with the letter L. Be the fastest to come up with an answer to get the point.

Telestrations

This drawing game works similar to the childhood game Telephone. The first player has a secret word and draws it for the next player to guess, only that player has to draw the guess rather than write it out. The game goes around the table until it reaches the last person who then looks at the drawing they were handed and has to write out what it is.

Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride is a strategy game where you take possession of train routes across the U.S., around Europe, or many other geographic areas depending on the game you purchase. If there are children younger than eight, there is also Ticket to Ride: First Journey.

When you don’t live close enough to visit each day or week, who does your dad rely on for help? Does he try to do everything on his own? It’s time to address the benefits of companion care at home services. Let caregivers help him with meals, housework, laundry, and errands.

Companion care at home services also include regular visits to ensure your dad is able to socialize as often as he needs. Call today to learn more.

If you or an aging loved one is considering companion care at home in San Ramon, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.