Caring for seniors at home

If you’re caring for a senior parent, you may feel frazzled as you juggle caregiving duties with work, parenting, and managing your own household. If you’re like nearly a third of American adults, you spend an average of 20 hours per week caring for a chronically ill, disabled, or aged family member. As your parent grows older, caregiving can quickly turn into a full-time duty requiring 40 or more hours per week.



Under even the best circumstances, caregiving can disrupt your usual work and social life, sleep habits, exercise routine, household duties, and finances. Eventually, it can take a toll on your physical and emotional health. After all, you can’t be on-call 24/7. And you still want to preserve the relationship with your parents as a family member, not purely a caregiver.

What’s an adult child to do?

The good news is you can leave some or all of your elder care responsibilities to our reliable, private duty home care agency. Our caregivers can assist your loved one with activities of daily living, such as:

• Getting in and out of bed and chairs
• Dressing
• Getting to and from the restroom
• Bathing
• Dealing with incontinence or adult briefs
• Feeding
• Companionship

As part of our senior care services, our caregivers can also assist with instrumental activities of daily living, such as:

• Providing transportation to doctor’s appointments, etc
• Light housework and laundry
• Grocery shopping
• Meal planning and prep
• Arranging for outside services
• Managing finances
• Giving messages

In-home care is more affordable than you think. We will work with you to tailor an affordable care plan that meets your needs, providing the independence and freedom you deserve, whether it be for a few hours a week or full-time care.

What’s an independent senior to do?

Living independently without the need for help feels good. But, what happens when you need just a little bit of help at home to stay safe and healthy? It’s not easy for an independent senior to ask for help, especially when they know it may not be easy for family and friends to help while trying to balance their other responsibilities.

What if you could turn to someone for just a little bit of extra help? It could mean that you don’t have to wait until a family member has time to stand by the door while you bathe. It could mean that you could write your own letters and cards (with our caregivers as your scribe) to surprise loved ones. It could mean that you have some extra help to clip coupons, get groceries, and make a favorite meal (instead of relying on a can of soup, frozen dinners, or tea and toast). It could mean having the help needed to maintain a clean, less cluttered home so that you can move about without falling. It could mean that your son or daughter will stop worrying about you when they live in another town, state, or country. This is why SYNERGY HomeCare of Calhoun is a smart solution.

First steps

SYNERGY HomeCare understands that the first step in determining what type of care is most appropriate is to meet with a client and their family for a complimentary in-home assessment and visit. During this visit, we want to learn more about how your day-to-day activities are impacted by the symptoms they are experiencing so that together we can develop a customized plan of care for our care team to follow.

Our team

SYNERGY HomeCare's compassionate, skilled, and screened caregivers provide relief for everyone in the family. Those who can't be on the scene can take comfort in knowing an experienced, responsible professional is on hand to cope with whatever issues may arise.

Our care team members can assist with:

• Social enrichment activities
• Meal planning, preparation, feeding, and cleanup
• Medication reminders
• Standby assistance with morning and evening routines
• Light housekeeping, laundry
• Arranging appointments and running errands
• Light exercise
• Assistance with ambulation and mobility
• Help with bathing, dressing, and grooming
• Dealing with incontinence or diapers

We provide the care you need in the place you love, home

We help you or your loved one in their own home by providing services that help aging seniors who need help to live independently. It’s the key to your loved one living the highest quality of life possible. It allows for safety, security, and independence.

You might be thinking it would be a good idea to have some help for a few hours, every other day. Or your needs and expectations could require more hours and days.-

Whatever you’re thinking, tell us. After the in-home assessment, we will recommend a plan that meets your needs and helps you enjoy life more.

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