How Care at Home Can Help Your Senior Loved One Stay Connected with Social Media
Social media is a great tool to help seniors in Longmont, CO stay in touch with friends and family without having to worry about safety and mobility issues
Studies have shown that isolation and grief can lead to many negative health effects. Unfortunately, seniors who have health or mobility issues spend most of their time alone in their homes. If your parent in Longmont, CO doesn’t go out much, our care at home providers can help them stay connected with their friends and loved ones through social media. This way we will ensure that your senior leads an active social life despite their health or mobility issues and care needs.
Creating a social media or caregiving share site profile
Your loved one can join sites like CaringBridge or Lotsa Helping Hands where they can stay in touch with family and friends who want to visit them and offer support. They can also use social media to stay in touch with their old friends and make new ones. Our care at home provider will gladly help your loved one create an account and ensure that the privacy settings are at an appropriate level.
Online dates with friends and family
Many apps and features such as FaceTime, Google Hangouts and Skype allow seniors to video chat with their friends and family. That way your loved one will be able to see and talk to their grandkids and other loved ones even when they are not able to visit them in person. Here at Visiting Angels Boulder County, we recommend you regularly schedule these calls, so that your loved one always has something to look forward to.
Facebook groups
Over 1 billion Facebook users have joined various online groups and their topics include everything from online yard sales to travel. There are also numerous disease-specific support groups, so your loved one will surely find a group that is tailored to their interests.
Ensure your parent's safety
In this day and age, the risk of identity theft is significant, so you need to make sure that your loved one is not sharing personal information with strangers. However, you need to do it in a subtle way, otherwise your parent will feel like you are controlling their every move and limiting their independence. For example, see if they are accepting requests from people they don't know by asking them how many new friends have they added this week.
Social media isn't a replacement for real dates
Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks can help your loved one stay connected to their friends, but that doesn’t mean they should neglect real dates. Our care at home providers can encourage your parent to get out of the house whenever possible, meet their friends and create new memories.
If you have any questions about our care at home options for seniors in Longmont, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Visiting Angels of Boulder County is a leading provider of non-medical personal 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 Longmont office at (303) 828-2664 or contact us for more information.
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