How In-Home Care Helps Seniors Who Are Fighting Cancer

It’s always tough when you can’t drop everything to help your mom or dad during an illness, especially when they are going through treatment that can be physically demanding. But if you can’t leave work, have small children that need you, or live too far away to help your senior during their cancer treatment, in-home care can be there to make sure they get the support they need.

Some of the ways that in-home care can help your mom or dad during this difficult time are:

Taking Them To Medical Appointments

When someone is sick the last thing they want to do is have to organize taxis and rideshares to take them to their medical treatment and appointments. If your senior parent has in-home care their care provider can take them to their medical appointments, stay with them, and provide emotional support during tough treatment.

Tempting Their Appetite With Tasty Meals

If your mom or dad has lost their appetite because of their treatment a care provider can tempt them to eat by making all of their favorite meals. And if they can’t eat the foods they want to eat a care provider can make sure that they still get the vitamins and nutrients they need in smoothies or protein shakes.

If your mom or dad is having a difficult time eating a care provider can also pick up any foods that your mom or dad wants to try and get them to eat. They will make sure that your senior parent is eating every day and getting enough water to stay hydrated.

Helping Manage Medications

You senior parent may have a lot of medications to juggle as part of their treatment. A home care provider can remind your senior parent when it’s time to take their medications, make sure they take their medications the right way and in the right doses, and make sure they take them with food if necessary.

They can also pick up prescriptions and medical supplies at the pharmacy, do the grocery shopping, go to the bank or the post office, and run errands.

Providing Company And Support

Having someone in the house that they trust can make your senior parent feel more secure at home. If you can’t be there, having a caregiver they know and trust with them is the next best thing. Your mom or dad will feel better having the emotional support of someone being in the home with them when they don’t feel well.

Household Chores

While your senior parent is in treatment or just not feeling up to it a caregiver can take care of the household chores so that your senior parent has a lovely, clean, and clutter-free home environment. A caregiver can wash the dishes, dust, vacuum, mop, change the linens, wash clothes and towels, and tidy up mail, papers, and other clutter. They can even take the trash out so that your senior parent doesn’t have to worry about anything.

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