While many of your friends and relatives are moving to assisted home facilities, maybe that is not something that you and your spouse want for yourselves as you grow older together. That might be especially true if you have lived in your home for many years. After all, your home is close to neighbors that you have grown to love, right?
If you have decided that you want to remain in your home together in your golden years, you can certainly make that happen. From arranging for home care services to maintaining friendships while you are at home, here are some ideas that might help you.
Arrange For Home Care Services - Maybe right now you are doing just fine caring for yourselves. But, you are more than likely also practical enough to know that the time might come sooner than you think that you or your spouse might need help. Fortunately, home care services will be available to you whenever you need them.
For example, the time might come when you're not comfortable with setting up your medications and taking them correctly. A home health care provider can do that simple act for you. When the time comes that you will need more care, say in bathing or in preparing meals, home health care can do that, too. In fact, home caregivers will even be happy to take you and your husband on strolls. Do you have a pet that will need walking? Find out if the home care services will do that for you.
Stay Close To Those You Love - When the time comes that you are homebound, one of the challenges you might face is that you may be lonely. Do you have adult children living in your town or city? If so, you will more than likely have many visits from them.
Even with your grown children and your grandchildren visiting you, you will probably want to maintain the friendships you have made with your neighbors over the years. They might not even know that you are homebound. Think of having an afternoon where you have friends and neighbors come in to share a treat with you. Maybe you have a friend who loves watching movies at home. If so, couldn't you have a set movie date right in your family room?
Think of sending out little postcards to those whom you'd love to see. The postcard might say something like, We miss you. Come on over any time for some good visiting and a simple treat.
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