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Elder Care: Caring for the Elderly Through the Covid-19 Pandemic

Elder Care: The Covid-19 pandemic has been hitting a lot of elderly people hard. They are anxious, frustrated, lonely, and don’t really know what to do with themselves.
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Elder Care in San Diego CA: COVID Caregiving

Elder Care: The Covid-19 pandemic has been hitting a lot of elderly people hard.

They are anxious, frustrated, lonely, and don’t really know what to do with themselves. Family caregivers are often feeling the strain of caring for their elderly loved ones, too. They feel worried they will transmit the virus to their loved ones. The truth is that the pandemic is difficult for everyone. However, if you are caring for your elderly loved one through this pandemic, there may be some tips you and your elder care provider haven’t tried yet, to help you and your loved one.

 

Helping Over the Phone

Is your elderly loved one feeling lonely, but you are worried that you will give them Covid if you go to their house? If this is the case, you might be able to help them over the phone. While there are many benefits of seeing someone in person. However, with the pandemic, that isn’t always possible. You could video chat with your elderly loved one over Facebook messenger or even just make daily phone calls to them to ensure they don’t need anything.

 

Home Automation

There are many other ways that you can help your elderly loved one if you can’t get over there as often as you would like or need to. Home automation is one of the things that you can do. Some of the ways that you can use home automation to care for your elderly loved one include:

  • Setting up security cameras with two-way audio
  • Setting up timed medication dispense devices so your
  • elderly loved ones can take their own medications on time
  • Putting sensors on the windows and doors to help with safety

There are so many home automation devices on the market today. You can look online to find ones that would work best for your elderly loved one’s home.

 

Reaching Out to Others for Help

If you can’t get to your elderly loved one’s home often because you are at high risk of getting or giving them covid, you may want to reach out to others for help. For example, you can hire elder care providers to come in and care for your elderly loved one when you can’t be there. These home care providers are trained in helping senior citizens, so you won’t have to worry that your elderly loved one isn’t having their needs met.

 

Conclusion

These are some of the best tips that can help you to keep caring for your elderly loved one through the pandemic, even when you can’t be there regularly. It is vital to remember that there are elder care providers who can go to your loved one’s home and help with a variety of tasks. They can even pick up groceries and do other tasks for your elderly loved one in public, as well.

 

For more information about hiring Elder Care in San Diego, CA, call the friendly caregivers at La Jolla Nurses Homecare who can help your aging parents remain in their own homes, at 858-454-9339. We are a home care agency providing quality and affordable senior care in La Jolla, CA, and the surrounding communities.

 

Sources

https://www.cdc.gov/aging/covid19-guidance.html

Brittnei Salerno

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