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If your elderly parent or another loved one desires to remain at home but needs assistance with their care, you may consider home health care as an option for them. But if you don't know whether or not home health care will benefit your loved one, you may rely on other resources to meet their needs. If you sign your loved one up for compassionate home care, they can remain in their home. Learn how compassionate home care benefits older individuals below.

Why Do Elderly Individuals Need Compassionate Care?

Compassion means to see and understand the suffering of someone else and take every action possible to help them overcome it. Home health care nurses and aides describe some of the people who show compassion to their clients each day, particularly the elderly.

A growing number of seniors wish to remain or stay in their homes as long as they possibly can. However, many seniors suffer from disabilities, illnesses, and limitations that prevent them from meeting their own personal and physical needs. Although family members may support their loved ones' desire to stay at home, they may still worry about their loved ones' health and safety.

Compassionate care workers strive to help seniors overcome their dilemmas by providing everything they need to remain in their own homes.

What Type of Compassionate Care Should You Seek?

Home health care workers offer a wide range of compassionate care services to seniors today, including grooming assistance, medical assistance, and housekeeping help. Seniors who desire to travel or visit other places in their communities may also benefit from compassionate care services. The services your loved one receives may depend on their:

• age 
• current health state
• future goals in life

In order to find the services your loved one needs, a health care provider will consider all of the information above. If they can do so, ask your loved one to make a list of everything they expect to do while they remain at home. The list should include things your loved one enjoys or likes to do each day and when. 

For example, if your senior parent enjoys going for walks in the morning, add the activity to their list. A home care provider can add daily walks to your loved one's itinerary or care plan. If your loved one uses a wheelchair or walker to get around, be sure to reveal this information as well.

After a care provider receives everything they need about your loved one, they'll schedule their care visits.

Learn more about compassionate home care by consulting a provider today.