Veterans have access to a variety of different types of medical and non-medical care through the VA health care system. To receive medical services, seniors must often go to a VA medical center, but there are also in-home medical care options they can access. Veteran’s home care is also available, most commonly in the form of non-medical assistance with activities of daily living and other tasks. Here’s how they can help.
Help with Light Housekeeping Tasks
Household tasks, like taking care of laundry or keeping the home clean, can become difficult for seniors as their health changes. Veteran’s home care providers can take care of some of these light housekeeping duties, which lets veteran seniors rest and still live in a clean and hygienic home with access to clean clothing. These tasks help maintain health and well-being for aging adults.
Planning and Preparing Healthy Meals
Eating nutritious meals that also taste great does a lot to improve the quality of life for seniors. First, they get the nutrients and calories that they need regularly. Next, they have a better chance of keeping existing health issues under control, especially when diet is a big part of managing those health conditions.
Having help with meal planning and preparation frees up time and energy for seniors to spend elsewhere.
Mobility Assistance
Keeping senior veterans safe at home sometimes means addressing mobility concerns. Using safety devices, like canes or walkers, can help with mobility challenges. Seniors may need additional help, like reminders to use those devices or support from knowledgeable professional caregivers.
Other mobility challenges, like no longer driving, are also a potential problem. Veteran’s home care providers can help with driving seniors to appointments, events, and errands if needed.
Personal Care Help
Some seniors may also have trouble with personal care tasks, like changing clothes or taking a shower. Veteran’s home care providers can help them to do these tasks safely and on a consistent schedule.
Personal care tasks help seniors to stay comfortable, feel good about themselves, and stay healthier. Taking proper care of skin, hair, and other aspects of personal care helps families stay on top of health needs, too.
Companionship
Social interaction is such a big part of daily life, and as senior veterans find their health changing, they may also find they’re spending more time alone than ever before.
Veteran’s home care providers understand seniors’ social needs and can help them avoid loneliness and isolation. They can also help seniors to have easier access to other social groups, like senior centers, by helping them with transportation to those events.
Services can vary based on location and eligibility criteria, but there are many different types of veteran’s home care options available for aging veterans who qualify for them. Having this type of assistance available ensures that seniors have the help and care they need, while also giving family members the peace of mind that comes from seniors having necessary support.
As veterans experience new challenges, additional types of care may be available to them as well.
If you or an aging loved one is considering Veteran’s Home Care in Ansonia, CT, please contact the caring staff at Talem Home Care & Placement Services of New Haven, CT, today. Call (203) 538-6273
At Talem Home Care & Placement Services of Fort Hartford CT, we provide passionate, understanding, and flexible caregivers in New Haven, Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Cheshire, Derby, Milford, Naugatuck, Orange, Prospect, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford, Trumbull, West Haven, Woodbridge, and Woodmont and surrounding areas in Connecticut.
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