How Do Family Caregivers Benefit From 24-Hour Home Care?
Your mom has Alzheimer’s disease and you’re with her all day, every day. This is a common challenge families of parents with Alzheimer’s face. You can’t leave your mom alone, but you’re also burned out and need a break.
Have you considered the benefits of 24-hour home care? It offers you the chance to go away on a much-needed vacation while ensuring your mom is safe at home. You don’t have to bring her with you, and you don’t have to leave her alone.
How 24-Hour Home Care Works?
24-Hour Home Care Winter Garden, FL: 24-Hour Home Care and Seniors
When you arrange 24-hour caregivers, your mom has a team of caregivers working in shifts to ensure someone is with her and awake the entire time. It’s not a case of having a caregiver sleeping while she sleeps.
You don’t have to worry about her wandering away while a caregiver is sleeping. Her caregiver is up and ready to redirect her as needed. When one caregiver’s shift ends, the next caregiver is there and ready to start the shift.
Often, caregivers work six-hour or eight-hour shifts. Your mom may have three or four caregivers each day, and each caregiver is alert and helps out with the tasks your mom needs help completing.
What Can Caregivers Do to Help?
During a shift, the caregivers will cook your mom’s meals and prepare snacks. They’ll make sure your mom drinks enough water, tea, coffee, or other approved beverages. They clean her home, do the laundry, change sheets and towels, and make her bed.
Her caregivers will remind her to use the bathroom and help guide her there if necessary. They can help your mom get showered and dressed, They’ll help with oral care, skin care, and nail care. If she cannot choose outfits on her own, her caregivers can help.
Does your mom need help walking up and down the stairs? Her caregivers are there. If she likes to take walks but can’t find her way home, her caregiver can walk with her. They’ll remind her to take her medications and follow her bedtime routine.
They’ll provide transportation to her doctors and help her schedule follow-up tests or appointments if needed. Her caregivers can help her shop for groceries and household necessities. Caregivers are also there for friendship and conversations.
Call With Your Questions
Get a list of questions and call a specialist. You may have other concerns that a home care advisor can address and ensure you understand exactly how around-the-clock care works. Once you have the answers you need, you’ll learn what you need to do to make the arrangements.
Arrange 24-hour home care as soon as you can. You deserve a relaxing vacation, and you’ll achieve it when you know your mom’s care needs are tended to while you’re away. A 24-hour home care specialist can help you get started.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering 24-Hour Home 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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