Still Home Instead

At Home Instead, we understand what a menacing health threat social isolation could be for aging adults. Loneliness can lead to weight loss, depression and mental decline, research has shown. In fact, social isolation might be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to one study* and the problem is particularly acute among seniors. 

 

Unfortunately, the worldwide pandemic has only magnified the effects of loneliness on older adults. As the virus spread, seniors were advised to stay home and many care communities went on lock down. Months into the pandemic, staying wherever seniors call home is still the best place for older adults to be, the experts say.

 

But keeping aging adults healthy while isolated may pose problems for many families. And that can present challenges to senior care professionals looking for solutions to helping their clients or patients. 

 

That’s where we come in. Home Instead Long Beach can help keep older adults safe and healthy with one to one, personalized care. Home care services can combat loneliness and isolation with regular visits from a CAREGiver while also providing a helping hand to care staffs. 

Are your clients concerned about weight loss, depression and other risks due to social distancing? In-home care can help ensure seniors are getting the companionship and assistance they need to stay healthy with services to support bathing, dressing, mobility and more. Meal prep and home helper home care services encourage seniors to enjoy tasty, nutritious meals. Aging adults can rely on home care for rides to doctor appointments and for assistance obtaining prescriptions and groceries. Home care also could make life easier when someone is living with a chronic health condition like Alzheimer’s or dementia, arthritis and diabetes. 

 

Our CAREGivers are trained in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines to care for those in need. These guidelines – the foremost being hand washing,

staying home when sick and following standard precautions when providing care – help prevent the spread of illness. Home Instead CAREGivers also receive specific training on reducing the risk of illness that we continue to revisit and reemphasize with our professional CAREGiver team. 

 

Home Instead has partnered with healthcare professionals for more than 25 years to care for aging adults. We are here to assist your team in supporting your clients. Caring for seniors in our community is what we do and we continue to be committed to working with our partners who share the same important mission. 

 

There has never been a more important time to keep seniors safe. If your clients are in need of home care, Home Instead can help. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. And for free resources and information, visit HomeInstead.com/COVID-19 .

 

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