It’s Not Easy Accepting Personal Care

Some may need more help than companionship or housekeeping. For someone who has taken care of themselves and others through most of their life, its not always so easy to accept the idea that help may be needed for personal care. But consider this—- if it has become harder to do some of your basic daily personal care agenda, don’t you deserve some help to make your life easier and better? Not only may you feel safer if you know someone is there to prevent a slip in the shower or a fall, but you may also relieve some stress and worry on the family that loves and cares about you. Sometimes, adding a personal care helper can be the element you need to maintain the life balance that keeps you Independent. Some people may benefit from medication assistance as well.

SO MANY MEDICATIONS!
When one becomes more medically involved, medications can become quite complicated! Missed doses, forgetting if you took the dose, drug interactions, and different doses on different days, can all cause problems.

ELDER ACHIEVERS can help with this! Our medication assistance helpers are required to be *MAP CERTIFIED by the Red Cross. They can assist you in the self administration of your meds, by providing proper documentation, and organization to prevent double doses, missed doses, wrong time, wrong med, etc.

Personal Care Services May Include Assistance With:

• Eating
• Grooming
• Dressing
• Bathing
• Incontinence
• Cognitive impairment
• Mobility
• Following up on doctor’s orders as directed
• Assistance for Medication self administration:
• Monitor schedules
• Watch for side effects
• Ensure proper storage
• Keep accurate records