Understanding Long-Term Care
When a loved one faces illness, injury, or disability, they may need extended support. Long-term care includes help with daily activities like bathing, dressing, and meal preparation, as well as home chores and transportation.
It focuses on maintaining a high quality of life through supportive and social services, rather than curing specific conditions.
Senior Care
Many seniors prefer the comfort of home for follow-up healthcare, whether it’s their longtime residence, a retirement community, or assisted living.
Welcome Care’s professional caregivers can provide supplement support wherever the senior lives
Physical therapy, medication management, companionship, and social services.
Support tailored to specific care needs or preferences.
Assistance with adjusting to independent or assisted living.
Medications
Seniors must learn how and when to take their pills. Some need food; others must be taken at night. Certain medications should not be combined to avoid canceling out effects.
Keeping a weekly medication log can help track doses and provide valuable insights during doctor visits, ensuring seniors stay on top of their health routines.
Taking medication correctly is vital for seniors to avoid side effects and ensure treatments work effectively. Improper use can lead to harmful reactions or reduce the effectiveness of medications for managing conditions.
Popular Questions
It can be overwhelming acknowledging the number of pills to be taken. Often doctors need to prescribe multiple medications for some medical conditions.
For each medicine, the individual should know:
- The name of the medicine and if it is generic or a brand.
- The purpose of the medicine and how long before there may be the effects.
- When and how it should be taken and the time period for taking it.
- What other medicines, drinks or foods, should be avoided.
- The possible side effects and when to call the doctor.
- Elderly adults should take medications at the same time each day. By making it an activity, like brushing your teeth, helps a person remember better.
- Use a weekly pill box as a reminder; use a color coding system for time of the day; timer caps for the bottles – some beep when it is time to take a pill.
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