Golden Heart Senior Care of Scottsdale Hires a Community Liasion

Posted on June 27, 2024 by ltcep2023

Hello Seniors, Family and Friends. I would like to take a second to introduce Linda. Linda is our newest Community Liaison. Linda has more than 30 years experience in the healthcare industry. She has worked everything from hospice, home health and home care. Linda is a certified Social Worker. Linda is a dedicated helper of people. Linda, we are so happy to have you @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com. We look forward to working with, growing with and helping seniors with you for a long time to come. Welcome aboard!!!

MC, we HEART you and Golden Heart!!!

Posted on June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 by ltcep2023

Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. Please see pictured above a young lady who has been a caregiver with @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com for more than two years. Every client that she works with loves her. They consider her as part of their family. As you well know, here at Golden Heart Senior Care, we love to catch our staff doing the right things. When you arrive on time, do a great job, get a review and makes seniors feel safe and cared for, you earn points. When you collect points, you can turn them into cash and gifts. Here, please see another wonderful caregiver receiving a gift card reward point bonu$. MC, we HEART you and Golden Heart!!!

Helping Clients in Many Ways!

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Craig Bass

Seniors, Families and Friends. Sometimes the picture doesn’t match the message. This is a summation of a note from a client making a change. Every client and family needs something different. The family dictates how they need our help. We work with each family in the the way that benefits their needs best. We wish the client best. We thank the caregivers for their continued love, time and attention.

The Client says:
Thank you to D for continuing to visit. We will be relocating and want to confirm her help please. If she could please pick him up as usual. The new location is in Phoenix. His daughter and I will meet at the front entrance and take him inside. Once he moves in, we will confirm with Golden Heart how much service we will need. We have no idea about his readjustment. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

We help in ways every family feels is best for them. We would love to work with you and your family to help those who in need. For more information, please contact @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com.

Talking About Senior Home Care with Aging Adults

Posted on June 18, 2024June 17, 2024 by Craig Bass

As seniors age, their needs change. Sometimes that happens so gradually that they don’t realize that they need to be doing something different. Accepting the help of senior home care providers is one solution, but if seniors aren’t ready to hear about making this change, they might not be too excited about the idea. What can make a difference is how family members talk to seniors about this type of care.

What Does Senior Home Care Do?

First, it helps to know what senior home care does. This type of care is designed to support aging adults in their own homes with tasks that they need help managing. Home care can handle things like light housekeeping, helping out with personal care tasks, making meals, and so much more. What they do is more dependent on what seniors need help managing than anything else.

Prepping for the Talk

Before starting up a conversation about elder care services and bringing them into a senior’s life, it’s a good idea to do some prep work. Identifying current needs and considering how those needs might change in the future helps when looking at how senior home care can help. It’s also a good idea to consider what health issues seniors are facing now and later.

Choosing the Right Setting

Timing is always important with big conversations and this one is no different. Family caregivers should choose a time and place when everyone involved is relaxed and open to talking about big topics. If there’s a lot of stress happening, shift the conversation to a later time.

Engaging with Empathy

The idea of bringing in home care assistance can feel threatening sometimes for aging adults. Thinking about the topic from their perspective helps family caregivers understand more about why this might be tough for seniors to talk about. Try to keep that in mind and engage with empathy instead of trying to make the conversation cut and dry.

Highlighting Benefits and Finding Solutions

Focusing on benefits and solutions can sometimes be the key to helping seniors embrace home care. This is where the research about current and future needs can pay off. Comparing how senior home care can help aging adults with what they need help doing can be a fast way to help them see why this is a good idea.

Listening and Addressing Concerns

It’s normal for seniors to have questions and concerns about such a big change. When family caregivers take the time to actively listen and understand why seniors are concerned, everybody benefits. It’s always possible that there’s merit to what seniors are worried about. Finding the answers and alleviating the concerns builds trust.

Take Small Steps

Finally, it’s never a good idea to make immediate changes and to tell seniors that they have to simply accept this new type of help. A better option is to take small steps and go with a trial period. This allows seniors to have time to adjust and to get a feel for what senior home care is all about.

Senior home care offers tons of benefits, but burying those in a conversation that didn’t go well doesn’t help anyone. Tackling the conversation the right way can help seniors and family caregivers get the help they need.

Reference
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/aging-caregiving-older-adults

If you or an aging loved one is considering senior home care in Tempe, AZ, please call the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Scottsdale at (480) 284-7360. We are here to help!

Home Care Assistance and Better Time Management

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Craig Bass

Taking care of aging family members is something that most family caregivers would never trade for anything. But that doesn’t mean that they don’t sometimes feel overwhelmed by the demands on their time and energy that make them feel as if they’re constantly behind. Relying on tools like home care assistance can make a huge difference for family caregivers and seniors alike. These care providers can also help everyone involved feel like they’re better able to use the time they have to get better results.

What’s Taking So Much Time?

There’s so much involved in caring for aging adults. There are the daily household tasks that are never-ending, but there are also admin tasks, too. Talking with healthcare providers, setting up appointments, managing prescription needs, and so much more all take up time and mental energy for seniors. That doesn’t even count the active help that seniors may need as well, or simply spending quality time together.

Connecting and Spending Time Together

Connecting with seniors and simply spending time with them is so powerful for both seniors and family caregivers. But with so much to do, it may seem as if this gets shoved to the side. What home care can offer to seniors and family caregivers is the opportunity to spend time together just connecting and focusing on what really matters.

Enjoying Activities for Fun

One way for family caregivers to spend quality time with the seniors they love is by finding activities to share that are just for fun. This could be taking walks together, spending time in the garden, or sitting around talking about old stories and family history. When home care assistance is helping with the hands-on tasks, it’s easier for families to find the time to engage in activities simply for fun.

Recharging Emotional Batteries

Another aspect of home care assistance that family caregivers need to remember is that they can take respite time. Elder care providers can stay there with seniors, offering them the support that they need, while family caregivers take time away. This is a crucial step that family caregivers can’t ignore. They need to be able to rest on their own, recharging to keep up with the demands of being a family caregiver.

Prioritizing Respite Time

The problem that family caregivers often encounter is that it feels too difficult to prioritize respite time. Taking care of themselves is not a selfish act, but it can feel that way to family caregivers. Constantly being on and worrying about the seniors they love is a source of stress and anxiety, however. The question really isn’t how can family caregivers afford to take time away. It’s how can they afford not to prioritize respite time. Home care assistance makes it all easier to do.

Everyone has the same twenty-four hours every day. Family caregivers are trying to pack so much more into that time than most other people are, however. Letting home care assistance take over some tasks so that they can use their time more wisely just makes sense.

If you or an aging loved one is considering home care assistance in Scottsdale, AZ, please call the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Scottsdale at (480) 284-7360. We are here to help!

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