How Caregivers in Bryan-College Station Help Reduce Senior Isolation
When considering ways a caregiver can help your loved one in the Bryan-College Station, TX area, your mind might immediately go to your loved one’s physical needs. While a care provider can help your loved one with a number of day-to-day tasks around the home, including with bathing and dressing, light housekeeping, and medication reminders, care providers can also help your loved one socially and emotionally.
At Visiting Angels® of Bryan, TX, our caregivers take a holistic approach to the care we provide to seniors in Huntsville, Brenham, Caldwell, Navasota, Madisonville, Huntsville, and throughout the Bryan-College Station area. We keep in mind that due to factors such as the death of a spouse or close friends, mobility issues, and living far from family members, seniors are often more susceptible to isolation and loneliness. In fact, a study by the University of California in San Francisco found that 43 percent of the seniors they surveyed reported feeling lonely.
While loneliness and isolation have huge effects on a senior’s emotional well-being, isolation can also negatively affect seniors in other ways. Studies have linked senior isolation to health conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and arthritis, and a study by the University of Chicago linked senior isolation to an increased risk of dementia.
How Our Caregivers Help Seniors in Bryan-College Station
As isolation and loneliness affects so many seniors, our caregivers work hard to relieve these feelings in the seniors we care for in the Bryan-College Station area. Just some of the ways we help reduce senior isolation include:
- Transportation. We help our clients stay active and engaged in their communities by providing transportation and accompaniment to senior meet-ups and other social gatherings.
- Social Care. Through our social care program, our care providers help seniors in the Bryan-College Station area stay in touch with relatives and friends by helping them with technologies like Facebook and Skype.
- Companionship. Our caregivers provide help around the home as well as a supportive presence in the lives of seniors in the Bryan-College Station, TX area. Through Select Your Caregiver® we match each of our clients with the best possible caregiver by taking into account personalities and preferences as well as care needs.
If you think your loved one in the Bryan-College Station area could benefit from the help of a compassionate and supportive caregiver, call Visiting Angels of Bryan TX today at (979) 209-0027 to book a free care consultation.