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My father would never accept a typical homecare worker – even though he is frail and needs help. What can be done?
Many people find it difficult to accept care. In fact, helping to overcome an older person’s resistance is what our professional Care Mangers do best. Of course, we will need to enlist the family’s help to engage him in a relationship with one of our professionals. We will then endeavor to find a worker that will be most compatible with his personality so that he can feel comfortable.
Can you help my sister and I agree on what is best for Dad? She wants to keep him at home but I am the one who lives nearby and I don’t want the entire responsibility.
Most family members have different perspectives and perhaps conflicting needs. No one persons is all right or all wrong. We help families sort through concerns and mediate differences. The result will be a workable plan, which meets the client’s needs and is acceptable to all the family members.
Can someone help me with my mail, balance my check book and pay my bills? Can a companion go to the bank or to an ATM machine and help me get weekly cash?
Our companion can help you with correspondence. SeniorBridge caregivers, however, are not permitted to do any banking for our clients. We encourage you to use our SeniorBridge financial management services which will help with bill paying, balancing your checkbook and other daily household financial management tasks.
I’m afraid that my father forgets to take all of his medications. Can the home care worker give him his medications each day?
SeniorBridge caregivers can remind and assist with medications that are pre-poured by one of our nurses or by a family designee. The caregiver cannot take pills out of the bottle; only the nurse or family designee can do that. When a SeniorBridge nurse makes a visit to pre-pour medications, the nurse also educates the client, assesses and monitors the clients compliance and adherence to the prescribed medication regime, monitors the effect of the medication and reports any problems to the doctor.
Medicare paid for physical therapy, following my aunt’s hip fracture, but she has exhausted her benefits. Although she can walk with a walker, she is afraid of falling and is reluctant to go outside. What can be done?
Medicare benefits for physical therapy have an annual limit and are approved only if the patient is expected to improve functionally from the treatment. Our professional Care Managers can help advocate for the remaining annual physical therapy benefit. SeniorBridge, however, also offers in-home personal training and exercise to help maintain strength, flexibility and balance. Exercise training and professional encouragement may help your aunt safely walking again.
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