Signs That Indicates Towards the
Need for Home Care
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Any incident that entails visible hazard makes it easy to decide. This may include
dangerous driving, traffic accident, falls, house safety hazards due to inability to
manage household such as roof leaks, overlooked plumbing issues, leaving the stove
on, etc. Often elder people justify the incident by implementing that it could have
happened to anyone. It is usually because they resist care, however, one must
remember that it is not wise to wait for something bad to happen. Consider it a timely
opportunity and do what must be done. In case of resistance, one needs to be
persistent.
The more visible signs include initial or moderate dementia, poor management of
medication, and poor hygiene or incontinence. The incidents are non-negotiable and
if any of these signs occur, it means living alone is extremely dangerous for your elder
loved ones and they require home care.
A further difficulty in decision making arises where warning signs are visible but not
decisive and you are the only family member accountable for care. Only if possible,
the best approach is to have an open and honest discussion with the elder family
member. One can keep it hypothetical if it is helpful. Most of the times, individuals are
not aware of how to request care and a discussion of possible incidents may allow
those preferences to appear, which may have otherwise kept unspoken.