Encourage Your Parents to Be Active in the Development of Their Care Plans
Aging at home is what the majority of older adults want, but their social, physical, and emotional needs must take priority. Don’t decide what’s best for your parents, encourage them to be active in the development of their plan for aging at home.
Create a Friendly, Honest Forum for Discussion
Senior Care Winter Garden, FL: Creating a Care Plan
Gather close family members and friends whose opinions are respected by your parents. Hold a discussion on your parents’ health needs, ability to complete ADLs and IADLs, and wishes. If they do not feel threatened, they’ll be more willing to open up and share their goals for aging at home.
Ask Your Parents Open-Ended Questions
When you’re discussing their care needs, make sure you don’t ask yes or no questions. You need as much input as you can get. To do this, ask open-ended questions that require consideration and thorough responses.
For example, you know your dad struggles with mobility due to arthritis pain in his ankles. Instead of asking him if his arthritis makes it hard for him to walk around, ask him, “What would you enjoy doing every day if your arthritis disappeared tomorrow?” You get more information to help build his list of care needs.
Consider the Future
You want to build a care plan that meets your mom’s and dad’s current needs. You shouldn’t ignore the future. Consider the future care needs at the same time. By talking to them in advance, you know exactly what they’d want to happen. Build an advance directive to ensure their needs are laid out.
Suppose your mom has Alzheimer’s disease. She needs help cooking meals and cleaning the home now. Those are the services to arrange now, but what senior home care needs will she have in a few months? It’s likely she will need someone to keep track of appointments and drive her to them.
Family health histories can impact care needs. Your dad has high blood pressure, and his dad had heart disease. His mom had a stroke. He’s on medications and has it well managed though.
Considering his high blood pressure, he does have a higher risk of those health risks happening. Hopefully, you never have to arrange post-stroke care or care services after a heart attack, but you won’t have to try to research care services at a high-stress time.
You don’t need to arrange those services yet, but you should get information now for future planning. If you have a plan in place now, when the services are needed, you’re not in a panic rushing to find the information you need.
Discuss your parents’ care needs and work out a plan that suits their preferences without sacrificing care. Once you know the senior care services they need, call to arrange them. A senior care advisor can help you figure out the best schedule and understand prices during this call.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering Senior Care in Winter Garden, FL please contact the caring staff at Winter Garden Senior Home Care today. (407) 347-2050
Founder / Owner
Jennifer Talbot is the Co-Owner of Winter Garden Senior Home Care in Winter Garden Florida.The business opened on Plant Street in October of 2007 (formally known as Age Advantage).
Jennifer remains active in the business and enjoys personally meeting with families looking for professional, classy caregivers. She prides herself in taking the time to listen and appreciate the personalities and life experiences of people who wish to “age in place”.Her unique ability to match people with their ideal caregiver, combined with a strong sense of service is what makes her business so successful.
Mrs. Talbot is a current member and past president of the Winter Garden Rotary Club, past president of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, active West Orange Chamber member, Recipient of the “Spirit of West Orange” Award 2017, Past Business Networking International Growth Coordinator, Past Committee member and founder of South Lake’s HINT, sustainer member of the West Orange Junior Service League, past board member for AGED, advisory board member for Elder Advocates, a United States Air Force brat, and proud mother of two college graduates.
Rebecca Lanterman
Owner
Rebecca has worked in the Central Florida medical community for over 10 years.She is a native of Winter Garden, Florida andhas a driving passion to serve our seniors.It has been said that Rebecca never meets a stranger.Her experience has been in Hospice, Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities where she faithfully served as a community liaison helping residents and families understand the myriad of long term care and healthcare options.
Rebecca is the mom of a little guy who is the twinkle of her eye.She can often be heard telling stories of traveling all around the country pulling her camper.To Rebecca, to live life is to touch it and experience it.Growing up in Central Florida afforded her some unique experiences like being a part of the “Magic” at Walt Disney World where she was a Walt Disney World Spirit Ambassador.She feels that this early indoctrination by The Walt Disney Company helped her understand the true value of serving others.To this day, she still has some of that Pixie Dust.Rebecca has also accomplished countless marathons and triathlons. After the sudden loss of her dad, her training partner, in 2012 she stepped away from the sport.But, as time has passed and healing has taken place, she is back to pursuing their dreams again.This time, her dad, her trusty training partner is keeping pace in her heart.It is from that willingness and drive that Rebecca has a keen understanding of the arduous and often treacherous course that our families are on.And, she is here to come along beside you and be with you each step, each stride, and each hurdle.It’s the old adage “life is a marathon and not a sprint”.She is here along with the team at Winter Garden Senior Home Care to be a part of your journey.
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