Social engagement is a lot more important to your senior’s overall health than you or she may fully understand. If getting the social interactions that she needs is becoming a lot more difficult for your senior, it might be time to explore some other ways of making that easier. These ideas and companion care at home can help your senior stay engaged and active.
Embrace Technology to Help Friends and Family Connect with Your Senior
Technology has come a long way when it comes to staying socially connected, and your senior can really take advantage of that fact. Even if she’s not comfortable with technology itself, there are apps and programs that make it all effortless. Plus, learning these new technologies can help to keep your senior’s brain active, which is very important in keeping her brain healthy.
Look for Ways for Her to Learn New Things
Learning new things is important for everyone, no matter how old they are. Your elderly family member may want to take some classes online or in person, learning about any number of different subjects. Online classes are more prevalent than ever, and your elderly family member can take as many as she wants, sometimes for no fees at all at some local colleges. Taking classes in person is a lot easier with the help of home care providers.
Make In-person Visits Easier for Your Senior
Whether you and other family members live far away from your senior or in the same town, there are some things you can do to help make visiting easier. Sharing a calendar with everyone can help your senior to know who is planning to visit when and can allow her to block out time when she’d prefer to rest. This is another area where video calling can be helpful, too, because friends and family can virtually visit when they can’t be there in person.
Find Other Ways for Your Senior to Meet People
Meeting new people may be something that your elderly family member finds energizing, but that can be more difficult at this stage of her life. Pen pals are a great way for your senior to meet new people all around the world, and she can communicate with pen pals either traditionally via letters and cards or electronically via email. Joining groups in her local area can help her to meet people near her.
Hire Companion Care at Home
Another way to ensure that your senior is getting the social interaction that she needs is to have companion care at home stopping by to visit her. Caregivers can spend time with your senior conversing, watching favorite television shows, and basically just enjoying her company. It’s also helpful for you to know that your elderly family member is doing well and not isolating herself socially.
Keeping her spirits up and enjoying the company of others is vital to your senior’s good health. Finding ways for her to be able to engage socially without difficulty is just another way to protect her well-being.
Source
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6969951/
If you or an aging loved one is considering companion care at home in Parker, CO, please contact the caring staff at SYNERGY Home Care of Parker. 303-953-9924
