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A D V I C E
February 2019
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T S U P P O R
2nd Edition
Take Care
Ask for your personal copy of our Take Care Guide Our Take Care Guide is intended to provide assistance to those navigating the process of determining the right support that ageing loved ones might need in the future. It includes some key information on the things to consider and is designed as a practical tool to aid decision making. Copies have already been distributed by various organisations and health professionals across the York area. If you would prefer a personal copy, please give us a call on 01904 690884 and we will post it out to you.
Home Safety Checklist
are Lifestyle changes preventing high blood and for controlling combination often means a Home pressure. This and medication. of light exercise with the Care can support Instead Senior following: of a light exercise ■ Development schedule. preparation. planning and ■ Healthy meal ■ Monitoring and reminders.
Laundry Room
nt in bottles or boxes too heavy to lift?
Has detergent
spilled on the laundry room floor? Does the older person have to carry baskets of laundry up and down stairs?
Entrance Front Garden/
Do steps have
■ Shopping and
Osteoarthritis
daily perform simple, ion and The inability to can lead to frustrat with tasks with ease people in most cases, lives by depression. But can lead full, active Home n. Osteoarthritis ing the conditio properly manage can help alleviate some Care Senior Instead s by offering: of the pressure
everyday health
eping and laundry. ■ Light houseke s. recreational activitie ■ Assisting with tion.
■ Meal prepara ■ Shopping.
errands.
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Kitchen
Are cupboards too high or low? Is there clutter on counter-tops or throughout the kitchen? Are pathways obstructed? Is there adequa te light for cooking? Are dangerous chemicals and cleaning materia ls secure? Is the floor slippery ? Is there spoiled food in the refriger ator? Is emerge information within ncy contact easy access? Is the older person at risk of harming themse lves with a sharp knife or by causing a fire?
Diabetes
than is one of the more If your loved one s who suffer from 16,000 York resident Care can Instead Senior : diabetes, Home disease through help manage the
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Would you enjoy a day out? Home Instead Senior Care York & Ryedale CAREGiver Lis, paid a visit to David Smith Garden Centre in Wilberfoss, with client Joyce, at the end of last year. While there, she took this lovely smiley photo! Do you or a family member fancy a weekly trip out somewhere? Give us a ring on 01904 690884 to see if we can arrange something for you!
■ Education about glucose levels. ■ Development schedule.
what affects blood
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preparation planning and ■ Healthy meal ly). (diabetic-friend everyday health ■ Monitoring and reminders. errands. and g ■ Shoppin
Heart disease Care has extensive
Senior Home Instead care when it comes experience in disease. We can to managing heart me for your loved customise a program : one that includes lementing a heart ■ Developing/imp healthy diet. . errands ■ Shopping and everyday health ■ Monitoring and reminders. activities. ■ Help with daily ed exercises. prescrib with ■ Assistance
steep or slippery?
Is laundry deterge
Our empathy to join our team. of older people programmes gives proprietary trainingand skills they need to e them the expertis highly professional and a be able to provide quality care service.
troke Hypertension/s recovery the best strategy
Stairs
handrails for the stairwa y?
Are the steps too
Does the last step blend in with the floor? Are the pathwa ys cluttered?
ations care, who demonstrate Special CareforSitu only those people anding our precious and love and underst that caring and We understand is a special privilege older generation important aspects so one of the most selection of our is the s to of our service takes special qualitie CAREGivers. It Instead er with Home become a CAREGiv and select carefully search We Care. Senior
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with Most people living the early and middle in particularly those – can be cared for stages of the illness than half of all more e at home. In fact, er’s patients continu diagnosed Alzheim Senior Home Instead to live at home. to those who have offered Care’s services Alzheimer’s include: and schedule. daily routines ■ Continuity of familiar, a move about in ■ Freedom to unrestricted space. can of stress that ■ Minimalisation s. aggravate symptom and ion to time, place ■ Daily orientat people.
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proper handrai
ls?
Are steps too steep, cracked or uneven ? Are driveways or walkwa snow and ice-cove ys red? Is there adequa te lighting at night? Is your older loved one at risk of wandering? Can your older loved one hear the doorbe ll?
Do the steps into
Garage
the garage have secure rails? Is rubbish piling up? Are power tools secure? Is the garage secure?