Practicing Senior Care Wellness During COVID-19 in Greater Gilford, NH
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, it is more important than ever for families to focus on the health of their aging loved ones. While there is still much to learn about this virus, one thing is certain: the rapid and ease of spreading throughout communities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it can spread in the following ways:
- Contact from Person-to-Person – COVID-19 spreads easily from person to person through touching, sneezing, coughing, and close proximity (within six feet).
- Contact from Surfaces - it has been found that COVID-19 lasts for three hours on copper, up to 24-hours on cardboard, and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel.
- Contact through the Air - this disease can last for up to three hours in the air.
Visiting Angels of Gilford Wants to Help Seniors Fight Off COVID-19 By Keeping Their Wellness High Through Our Senior Care Programs
At Visiting Angels of Gilford our goal is to ensure our clients’ happiness, health, and independence at home. We achieve this through our long list of senior care services that can be personalized around your family’s specific needs. During this outbreak we offer a few vital services that can help your aging loved one remain safe and healthy at home! With guidance from the CDC, our senior care agency was able to come up with the best practices for maintaining a senior’s wellness:
- Personal Care: Cleanliness and hygiene play a big factor into a senior’s wellness, our caregivers will assist with bathing, grooming, brushing teeth, and washing hands.
- Running Errands: keeping seniors at home is one of the safest ways to prevent them from contracting COVID-19. Our caregivers can go grocery shopping, supply shopping, and to the pharmacy to pick up medications for your loved one.
- Light Housekeeping: with all our senior care programs we offer light housekeeping services* that can help disinfect countertops and other infected areas.
- Social Care: while practicing social distancing is key, it’s important to keep in touch with friends and family! Our social care program can help seniors access essential tools like Facetime, Skype, Facebook, and more.
- Keeping Families Up to Date: our caregivers will notify families of any health changes, especially for COVID-19 symptoms like fever, dry cough, difficulty breathing, chest pain, and confusion.
How Else Can Caregivers Keep Seniors Safe?
Visiting Angels of Gilford is here to help seniors with a wide range of needs. We offer daily assistance with tasks like meal preparation, mobility assistance, medication reminders, and more. We also offer specialized care services like Fall Prevention, Social Care, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care, and End of Life Care.
Contact Visiting Angels of Gilford today to learn more about how our senior care can help your aging loved one remain safe, healthy, and independent from the comfort of their home. We are happy to answer any questions you may have and schedule a consultation with our home care agency to get to know your loved one’s needs, schedule, and budget.
*Light housekeeping is limited and does not include moving of any heavy objects, please contact our office to learn more.