How Home Care Solutions Can Help Your Senior Loved One in Woodbridge, CT Stay Connected with Social Media
Home care solutions from Visiting Angels helps seniors in Woodbridge, CT interact with their loved ones by teaching them how to use social media
Isolation and loneliness have many negative health effects, and studies have shown that they can even lead to an increased risk of early death and compromised health. Seniors who live in isolation are at higher risk of physical and cognitive decline than those who lead active lives. Here at Visiting Angels New Haven, we understand that your parent might be more isolated due to health or mobility issues. However, with home care solutions provided by our compassionate caregivers in Woodbridge, CT, your parent can stay connected to their friends and loved ones through social media.
Create a social media or caregiving share site profile
On sites like CaringBridge, your parent can share their changing care needs or health status updates, and stay in touch with loved ones who want to visit and offer support. These sites protect the privacy of its users more than a basic social media network. However, creating a profile on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram can help your loved one stay in touch with their old friends, make new ones and avoid being isolated from the world. We recommend you spend an afternoon with your parent and help them set up an account and explain to them how social media works. If you live far away or don’t have time to do this, providers of our home care solutions will help your parent create a profile and make sure the privacy settings are at an appropriate level.
FaceTime or Skype dates with loved ones
Thanks to smartphone apps like Google Hangouts and Skype your loved one can see and talk to their grandkids even when they are unable to visit. Of course, nothing is better than seeing them in person, but even these video calls can help alleviate feelings of loneliness and reduce the risks of isolation.
Joining online groups
There are thousands of groups on Facebook and their topics include everything from gardening tricks to health issues. Our providers of home care solutions can help your parent find the one that is tailored to their interest and social connectivity needs.
Ensure safe browsing
Although your parent should maintain a sense of independence, you need to make sure that they are not being reckless. Many seniors do not realize that they can be targeted by con artists and become victims of identity theft. Therefore check in with your parent regularly and see whether they are being careful.
Keep your parent active
Even if your loved one is computer savvy and knows how to benefit from social media, they should still go out and have real-life dates with their friends and family members. Talking face to face isn’t the same as chatting online, so make sure that your parent still goes out and spends quality time with their loved ones.
If you want to know more about how our home care solutions could benefit your parent, feel free to contact our Woodbridge, CT office.
Visiting Angels of Woodbridge, CT, is a leading provider of non-medical in home care services for seniors. Our office serves Milford, North Haven, Cheshire, Branford and surrounding communities throughout New Haven County, Fairfield County, Westchester County and all five boroughs of New York City, NY. To learn more about the in-home living assistance services provided by our staff of compassionate caregivers, please call our Newington office at (203) 397-6890 or contact us for more information.