VISITING ANGELS LAKES REGION, NH 603-366-1993
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Why Visiting Angels of Gilford, NH Believes Gentleness is the Key to Successful Senior Home Care

Visiting Angels of Gilford strives to build seniors up for independence at home by keeping them in a safe and healthy environment. To achieve this, we utilize our personal care services to help with daily needs. Personal care, unlike companion care, covers hands-on assistance with daily activities such as bathing, toileting, grooming, and dressing. Due to the personal nature of our senior home care, we treat our clients with respect, dignity, and, most importantly, gentleness.

How Visiting Angels of Gilford is Gentle with Our Senior Home Care

There are two branches to gentleness in senior home care: physical gentleness and emotional gentleness. Both are important for providing successful care and go hand-in-hand with one another.

Physical Gentleness

With personal care, caregivers assist in the bathroom, with grooming and dressing, and more, so it is no wonder why it is important to be gentle. The last thing you want is to be rough when helping a senior brush their teeth or get into their clothes.

When offering physical assistance, people often struggle with using the correct amount of strength. With labor-intensive tasks, like showering, you are focusing on keeping them upright, avoiding injury, and keeping them comfortable. With less labor-intensive tasks, like brushing their teeth, you need to apply enough pressure and thoroughly clean their teeth and gums.

Without the right training or experience, people often lack the balance required to keep a senior physically healthy. At Visiting Angels of Gilford, our caregivers are licensed, bonded, insured, and fully trained in personal care. Often, our aides have worked as nurses or in the home health field in the past, making them well acquainted with seniors' physical needs.

Emotional Gentleness

When it comes to providing senior home care, caregivers must exhibit emotional gentleness towards their more sensitive clients.

Personal care deals with a lot of assistance with intimate tasks. Having a stranger assist you in the shower or on the toilet can be uncomfortable and often make seniors feel as if they lost their independence. Being able to navigate these moments requires a significant amount of emotional intelligence and compassion. To improve a senior's quality of life, a caregiver strives to make these moments as dignified and comfortable as possible.

At Visiting Angels of Gilford, our caregivers take the time to build long-lasting, trusting relationships with their clients. They know when they should talk a client through a situation or remain silent to give them time to process. They also are there for family members, as well, taking the time to learn what's important to them, boundaries, and preferences.

Do You Need Comforting Assistance?

At Visiting Angels of Gilford, we strive to provide care that is both physically and emotionally gentle. We take the time to get to build a relationship with your family, to understand your needs, and to put any concerns at ease. Dignified, compassionate care is always our top priority.

Contact our home care agency today to learn about how our senior home care can help your family.

Serving the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and surrounding towns

Visiting Angels LAKES REGION, NH
401 Gilford Ave #208
Gilford, NH 03249
Phone: 603-366-1993

Serving the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and surrounding towns

Visiting Angels LAKES REGION, NH
401 Gilford Ave #208
Gilford, NH 03249
Phone: 603-366-1993