Is your loved one engaged with activities for seniors on a daily basis, or is she stuck in a rut that commonly is comprised of TV-watching, eating, and sleeping? Especially during this time of quarantining and isolation, it can be tough to maintain an active and involved lifestyle – but it is vitally important for the health and well-being of older individuals.
At Stay Home Care, we believe that enhancing home care services with enriching and unique activities for seniors is a key factor to ensuring the highest quality of life. Stay Home Care has earned the reputation as the leading provider of home care services in Brentwood and surrounding communities, partly because we believe the older adults we serve deserve to be provided with activities that are pleasurable and help them remain involved in living life to the fullest on a daily basis. This means individualizing activities to correspond to each person’s distinct interests, hobbies, and ability levels.
Our person-centered care commences with understanding as much as possible about the individual’s preferences, dislikes, aspirations, hobbies and life history. We get to know the older person through an interview that may also include other family members if desired, and then create a personalized care plan to include a variety of appropriate enrichment activities.
Just a few of the benefits of enrichment activities for older adults include:
- Alleviate boredom and lack of motivation
- Increase self-confidence and independence
- Restore or increase purpose and meaning to life
- Help improve memory
- Improve physical abilities
- Foster a sense of wellbeing for seniors challenged with a chronic health problem
Effectively improving seniors’ daily experiences means not just customizing their activities to meet their particular preferences and tastes, but also ensuring that their daily routine has some variety. This means that on a particular day we might give attention to activities that are created to boost their imagination with a simple but meaningful art project. On the next day, the focus may be on just having fun with a game of cards or taking a short walk around the neighborhood. Ultimately, our senior home care services will be crafted to help seniors acquire the highest possible quality of life.
It is equally important to use some creative planning when coming up with innovative activities for seniors during a time such as this when it’s safest for seniors to remain at home. Activities might include taking virtual field trips to investigate places of interest, making full use of technology like Skype and Zoom to stay in touch with friends and family, or streaming a live concert for a particularly enjoyed genre of music and dancing, singing, or tapping our toes together. We’re always here for you to help spark creative ideas!
At Stay Home Care, enriching seniors’ daily lives and maximizing their independence are key components of our mission. Our home care services are created not only to assist with seniors’ physical needs, but to enhance their everyday experiences as well. Contact us any time at 615-964-7726 to learn more about our Brentwood memory care and care throughout the surrounding communities. See our full Tennessee service area here.