How Virtual Home Care Can Make a Difference in Bangor, Auburn, ME, and the Surrounding Area During COVID-19

Are you worried about an aging loved one social distancing on their own during the coronavirus outbreak? Visiting Angels Mid Maine has developed a virtual home care plan that can make social distancing for seniors as safe as possible. Our latest service, Constant Companion, uses the power of Amazon’s Echo Dot to ensure seniors can stay connected to family and friends, have access to emergency services, and remain entertained all from the comfort of their home.

The Importance of Social Distancing and Virtual Home Care in Greater Bangor and Auburn

Social distancing is especially important to seniors and other high-risk groups because they are more likely to get severely ill when encountering COVID-19. But, with social distancing can come a plethora of negative health consequences for seniors like feelings of anxiety, social isolation, and depression. Loneliness can be detrimental to your loved one’s health; researchers have found that older adults who perceive themselves to be lonely or isolated were at a greater risk of dying from heart disease or a stroke. While staying inside may reduce your loved one’s chances of catching COVID-19, it’s also important to make sure they have regular companionship and social interaction.

This Is Where Constant Companion Can Help

Constant Companion is Visiting Angels Mid Maine’s virtual home care option that comes with so many features to make staying at home easier and less stressful for seniors. Enjoy a wide arrange of services, such as:

Companionship

Since limiting large gatherings is highly encouraged during the COVID-19 crisis, social interaction can be significantly limited. However, just because your senior loved one can’t physically interact with friends and family doesn’t mean they can’t continue to stay in touch.

Constant Companion can make it easier for your loved one to call the people they care about with pre-programmed numbers and a speaker-phone system that makes it easier for seniors who struggle with speakers on a phone to hear their loved ones. Your loved one can also send voice texts and use video chat by using the power of Alexa.

Entertainment

By using the power of Alexa, Constant Companion can keep your loved one entertained. Seniors can enjoy their favorite music, read audio books, ask Alexa questions, and so much more. Even if your loved one must limit their time outside or can’t enjoy their favorite places, virtual home care can make sure they’re content in their own home.

Medication Reminders

Seniors tend to struggle with remembering to take their medication. If you can’t visit as often as you normally would due to social distancing or you live far away from your loved one, you may face greater difficulty in making sure your loved one takes their medication at the right time.

Fortunately, Constant Companion can be programmed with reminders throughout the day. That way, your loved one can listen for the reminder and take the right dosage at the right time.

Emergency Response

With Constant Companion, your loved one can contact emergency services to help them get the care they need. Since medical alerts are voice activated, your loved one can access the emergency response from anywhere in the house, regardless of how close they are to their phone or the device.

How Constant Companion Complements Care from a Caregiver

Keep in mind that Constant Companion is not a substitution for an in-home caregiver. At Visiting Angels Mid Maine, our home care providers can add on an additional layer of support already provided by Constant Companion.

Our caregivers can program important phone numbers and medication reminders so your loved one can stay in touch with friends and family and stay healthy. They can also help your loved one prepare meals, disinfect surfaces, bathe or shower, get dressed, run errands, provide additional companionship and so much more.

In addition, our caregivers closely monitor our clients’ well-being. That means we’ll notify you if your loved one’s condition changes, giving you peace of mind.

Contact our home care agency today to learn how Constant Companion can help your loved one.