Companion care provides assistance to seniors, children and adults with physical or mental disabilities need to live safely and comfortably at home. This type of home care covers a range of basic tasks and activities that many seniors, children and adults with physical or mental disabilities find difficult to perform on their own. In other situations, these obstacles can put seniors at risk of losing their independence. But with companion care, seniors can maintain their routines and continue to age in place.
At FRU INC, companion caregiving is one of our most popular services because it covers a broad range of duties to help seniors. This makes it a great choice for those who need some extra assistance without needing advanced caregiving..
What is Companion Care?
Companion care is an in-home service that provides essential assistance to the elderly and disabled adults.
Care will typically include a number of ways to help make daily living easier and safer for the recipient. For
example, a caregiver might perform errands like grocery shopping or picking up medication on behalf of someone older; at other times, caregivers will plan regular meals, do light housekeeping duties and offer medication reminders.
This type of elder care also improves quality of life by providing various activities like taking the client to their appointments and social outings, accompanying them in their hobbies and engaging in friendly conversation.
These types of activities can be a lifeline for socially isolated seniors; it is proven that social isolation has shown to dramatically increase the chance for health complications or even death when not taken care of appropriately. Companion caregiving provides these isolated seniors with companionship ending this cycle once and for all!
Nurturing is not complex. It’s merely being tuned in to the thing or person before you and offering small gestures toward what it needs at that time.
Mary Anne Radmacher