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Helping Your Senior Loved One With Yard Work During The Fall

Assisted living services can help your loved one in Gastonia, NC, take care of yard work during the fall

Fall in Gastonia is without a doubt the favorite season for many seniors. Leaves change colors, temperatures are just right, and farmers' markets are abundant with healthy harvest produce. It's pretty much the perfect time of the year.

However, fall also brings certain challenges to older adults. One of the biggest challenges for seniors during this period is yard work, especially for those in need of assisted living services. Loved ones with mobility issues and certain chronic conditions should refrain from strenuous activities, such as raking leaves or clearing gutters. Very often seniors turn to their family to help them with preparing the yard for the winter.

Fall Yard Work To-Do List

Before you start with any yard work activities, it's important that you assess the situation in Mom or Dad's yard and check what needs to be done. Our assisted living providers consulted with home improvement professionals to compile a yard work to-do list. Make sure to include the following notes on your list:

  • Inspect the roof
  • Check window and door seals and make sure they shut properly
  • Turn off outdoor water
  • Drain outdoor spigots and sprinkler system
  • Store hoses
  • Clean out the gutter
  • Rake leaves
  • Prune plants
  • Plant trees, shrubs, bulbs, roses, and cool-season annuals
  • Fertilize cool-season grasses
  • Apply a layer of mulch to protect the plants from freezing

Fall Yard Work Solutions for Seniors

Helping Mom or Dad with yard work can take up to a few days, but it can also be solved with only a phone call, depending on what choice you make. There are a few options at your disposal. Visiting Angels assisted living professionals suggest you help your loved one with the upcoming yard work in one of the following ways:

  • With your loved one's help: Your parent or grandparent certainly doesn't have to clean the gutter by themselves, but they can help with less demanding tasks such as pruning plants, for example. What's more, yard work has all the properties of low-impact exercising. Putting the green thumb can help your loved one maintain muscle strength and healthy bones.
  • By yourself or with the help of family members: When your senior loved one is not capable of performing any strenuous yard work, you can tackle the work on your own or invite other family members if they're up to the task. For a major clean-up of the yard, put aside a weekend or two. If you happen to live nearby, you can perform the tasks over the course of a few days whenever you have the time.
  • By hiring a professional yard service: If you don't live close or you don't have enough free time on your hands, you can always call a professional yard service provider. Do a little bit of research and check reviews to find an affordable, quality service in your loved one's area.

Visiting Angels of Gastonia, NC, is a leading provider of non-medical in home care services for seniors. To learn more about the in-home assisted living services provided by our staff of compassionate caregivers, please call our Gastonia office at (704) 825-3350 or contact us for more information.

Visiting Angels proudly serves Alexis, Belmont, Bessemer City, Boiling Springs, Casar, Charlotte, Cherryville, Cramerton, Crouse, Dallas, Earl, Fallston, Gastonia, High Shoals, Iron Station, Kings Mountain, Lattimore, Lawndale, Lincolnton, Lowell, McAdenville, Mooresboro, Polkville, Shelby, Stanley, Vale, Waco, and the surrounding areas of North Carolina.

Serving Gastonia, Cramerton, Kings Mountain, Shelby, Belmont and Surrounding Communities in Gaston and Cleveland Counties

Visiting Angels GASTONIA, NC
1544 Union Rd Ste B
Gastonia, NC 28054
Phone: 704-825-3350

Serving Gastonia, Cramerton, Kings Mountain, Shelby, Belmont and Surrounding Communities in Gaston and Cleveland Counties

Visiting Angels GASTONIA, NC
1544 Union Rd Ste B
Gastonia, NC 28054
Phone: 704-825-3350