How to Determine Who Needs Assistance

Last time we discussed the who and how elder care impacts our society.  Now let’s take a look at how we can determine who needs elder care.  The two issues of concern listed below are strong indicators of a need for elder care.

1. MEMORY
2. Medications  being  taken, and if so correctly (i.e. amount, and x’s/day)?
3. Is the stove left on, especially with food cooking?
4. Medical appointments forgot, or even made?
5. A repeating over and over of the same topic during conversation?  
6. Neighbors mentioning concerns they have after observing your loved- one’s behaviors?
7. A sudden loss of interest in relationships with close friends and/or family members?

• SAFETY
• Forgetting to use assistance (walker or Cane)?
• A recent change in eating habits, especially the amount taken in?
• Increase in falling, more than 1 in the last 3 months?
• New dents and dings in the loved-one’s vehicle?
• A sudden concern that their affairs are in order?

If you can answer yes to any of the above issues, it may be time to start a discussion regarding elder care.

For further information please contact us at 406-582-5402