Are you becoming a family caregiver for your elderly loved one? Maybe, you have already been caring for them for quite some time. Either way, it is crucial that you remember your own physical and mental health are important. You need to care for yourself. The truth is that in order to provide the best care for your elderly loved one, you first need to provide the best self-care for yourself. There are numerous ways you can get the help you need with your elderly loved one, so you can accomplish this.

Getting Senior Home Care Services

Senior Home Care Bellaire, TX: Getting Support

One of the best things you can do, as a family caregiver, is to get senior home care services for your elderly loved one. These providers don’t have to always be there to care for your elderly loved one. You can get them set up on a schedule. You can also call them in when you need a break. For example, if you need to take 2 weeks off from your family caregiving duties, so you can go on vacation, you may want to get home care services for your loved one at that point.

Meal Assistance

One task that is often taxing for family caregivers is preparing and making meals. You may already have to do this for your household. Doing it for your elderly loved one can be even more difficult. Some of the things that may be involved in assisting your elderly loved one with meals include:

• Making a grocery list with them
• Grocery shopping
• Putting away groceries
• Looking up and planning recipes
• Prepping meals
• Cooking meals
• Doing the dishes
• Helping them to eat (if needed)

These tasks can be a lot, especially if you are already helping your elderly loved one with other tasks and you have other responsibilities, too. If you are having trouble with meal assistance for your loved one, don’t worry. You can hire senior home care providers. They can do the tasks noted above for your elderly loved one.

Getting Support for Yourself

If you are a family caregiver for your elderly loved one, make sure you are getting all the support that you need. Whether you are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted, or having any other feelings in regard to your family caregiving duties, please talk to someone about it. Join a support group, talk to family members, hang out with your friends, or get home care providers to help out whenever you need them to.

Conclusion

These are some of the ways that you can get the support you need when caring for your elderly loved one. Remember, if you are going to provide the best care for your elderly loved one, you must provide the best self-care for yourself first.

If you or an aging loved one are considering Senior Home Care in Bellaire, TX, contact the caring staff at Personal Caregiving Services at 832-564-0338. Providing Care in Houston, Bellaire, West University Place, Katy, and Sugar Land and the surrounding areas.

Sources

https://www.usa.gov/disability-caregiver

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Sid Gerber

Founding Partner at S. Gerber and Associates & Personal Caregiving Services

Sid Gerber is a founding partner of S. Gerber & Associates, a firm representing over 28 years of experience specializing in a broad range of long term care products and services including but not limited to care assessment, planning and management, care coordination, in-home caregiving services, quality assurance monitoring, and the securing of financial independence and asset protection utilizing insurance products from major carriers to pay for long-term care. Mr. Gerber helps family members make difficult long-term care decisions and provides them with the necessary education and resources to plan and manage their long-term health care and financial needs.

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