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Senior Care in Lewisville, TX – Help Your Elderly Loved One Remain Active with these Helpful Tips

As a family caregiver, you play a huge role in the daily care of your elderly loved one. There’s also something you can do to help prevent cognitive decline: help your senior make friends. Social activity helps stimulate the brain and ward off dementia and other cognitive disorders. Isolation is common as we age, and too much alone time can be detrimental to one’s physical and mental health. Unfortunately, making friends isn’t so easy as we get older, but there are some ways in which you can help your senior become more socially active. Here are some suggestions you can make to your elderly loved one for ways to become more socially active:

Just a Few Close Friends is Fine

You don’t have to have dozens of friends and have a jam-packed schedule in order to reap the benefits of improved brain health. The focus should be on the depth of these friendships, so if you have only a few close friends, have no fear. Continue to nurture these relationships.

Say “Yes” To More Invitations

If someone invites you to a party, theater performance, fair or even dinner at their house, don’t pass up the invitation. Instead, resolve to say “yes.” It’s not a lifetime commitment, just an outing out with others. You’ll likely meet new people and have more fun that you would have had simply staying home.

Take Classes

You don’t necessarily have to go back to school, but if you enjoy a certain hobby – such as making pottery or jewelry – or have always wanted to learn more about a specific subject – such as art, music or a foreign language – why not take a class? Better yet, improve your mind and body with a fitness class. There are likely local classes or workshops you can take. You’ll meet people who share your interests and if the class spans several months or so, you’ll see your new friends on a regular basis.

Check Out Facebook

Almost everyone uses social media nowadays. You can go online and keep up with loved ones or even reconnect with old friends from school. It’s a great way to stay socially connected while keep your technology skills fresh.

Take the Risk

Friendships don’t just happen; they require effort. So the next time you’re in the checkout line at the grocery store, strike up a conversation. If you see someone in your neighborhood that you haven’t met yet, introduce yourself and welcome them over with lunch or dinner. Attend events where you’ll meet other seniors who share your interests.

If you or an aging loved one are considering senior care in Lewisville, TX and the surrounding areas, contact Approved Home Care at 972-658-4001 today.

Approved Home Care, this week, was a sponsor of a CEU for the Social workers and Case Managers at Medical Center of Lewisville on “Ethical Issues in Healthcare”. Medical Center of Lewisville has opened a new top rated Cardiac Care Center and is working diligently to provide needy heart healthy programs to the Lewisville community. John Bolin, the Client Manager of Approved Home Care, explained our Hospital dual discharge program, offering in home care services to Stroke and Hospice patients as they transition out of the hospital and back home for on-going in home care and assistance. Our caregivers are trained in fall prevention for seniors getting out of the hospital or rehab. Fall prevention is essential in caring for seniors and the elderly to help in the recovery process. At this hospital training event, we partnered with Jim Reuber, the Client Liaison of Heart to Heart Hospice, a top leader in the Hospice industry in the Lewisville area.

Heart to Heart Hospice is well known in the Dallas metroplex for offering compassionate care to the hospice patient. Heart to Heart Hospice understands the emotional challenges of patients who are diagnosed with a life limiting illness. Jim Reuber, went on to explain that Heart to Heart focuses on a concept of care to help patients continue living in their home, pain free. Heart to Heart Hospice understands the suffering associated with terminal illness. John Bolin, of Approved in Home Care, explained that we have enjoyed our working relationship with Heart to Heart Hospice and have worked with several professional members of their staff thru the years of caring for seniors who are Hospice patients in Lewisville, Coppell, Denton, Dallas, Carrollton, Frisco, and The Colony.

Another co-sponsor was Sandy Lake Rehabilitation of Coppell, and the well attended event enjoyed a catered meal by Olive Garden for the successful lunch and learning experience. John Bolin, of Approved Home Care, spoke with the audience at the Lewisville Hospital on how our senior in home care service partners well with Heart to Heart Hospice and Sandy Lake Rehabilitation. John went on to say our compassionate caregivers are very experienced and can help Hospice and Rehabilitation patients with bathing, dressing, grooming, medication reminders, meal preparation, laundry, and incontinent issues. John said the team learned more about our staff’s heart for service. Our team works not for the love of financial gain, but to help and serve patients. We work diligently to improve patient care in the home. Approved’s spokesperson, said the audience was ready to eat and learn about our Stroke Recovery program, Hospice care, Parkinson’s care, Dementia Care, and Fall prevention focus. Approved in Home Care customizes a plan of care for as few as 4 hours of assistance daily to 24 hour, live-in care for seniors. Since many patients still could benefit from help once getting back home after rehab, our licensed agency provides compassionate, loving care, one-on-one help in the comfort of home as the patient continues to heal. Our dual discharge program has a low hospital readmission rate, which helps the elderly from being readmitted into the hospital as they transition back home. You deserve the best in care with our team of professionals.

If your loved one would benefit from in home care services, please call us at (972) 658-4001. Approved in Home Care is licensed, insured, and bonded, and we do extensive background checks on all caregivers. We work to provide the highest level of care in a loving atmosphere. Give us a call, we would love to meet you in person!