Home Care Central Phoenix and Home Care Greater Phoenix provides elder care and senior care in Phoenix. Call us today at 623-583-5868, 602-265-8228 or 480-991-3959.

Let us help you keep mom and dad at home!

A holiday visit is a time of celebration and festivities, but can also be stressful when adding elder care to the mix. You might be wondering about mom’s physical or mental prowess, if she can still take care of herself.

If you’re visiting mom over the holidays, and have only four days to coordinate her care, here’s a list of things to do during the visit:

• Get the whole family involved. Teenagers and younger children can help with activities such as dusting, vacuuming, or even playing board games during the visit. This leaves ample time for you, the adult, to concentrate on more time-consuming responsibilities as yard work, checking up on bills, grocery shopping, as well as coordinating home care for your aging mom.
• There are services available such as Meals on Wheels, and local home care companies like Home Instead Senior Care that can help your mom with daily tasks.
• Home Instead Senior care Phoenix provides non-medical Companionship, Homemaker and Personal Care services we provide include meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, laundry and ironing, escorting to appointments and events, incidental transportation, and assistance with ambulation, bathing, dressing and personal hygiene.
• If you have siblings, have them ease the burden by also contributing financially for home care, visiting nurses, home delivery, or house cleaning for example.
• You may also want to enlist the help of neighbors. If they are willing, ask if they can keep an eye out on your mom from time to time.

For more information visit these links:
http://www.laterlife.com/retirement-c5/retirement-caring-for-elderly-parents-living-in-their-own-home.htm
http://www.tellinitlikeitis.net/2008/03/taking-care-of-aging-parents-as-a-family.html