About who needs care: They need help in the morning getting breakfast, coffee, medicine and get their day going. also, could use help getting clothes out getting ready for their showers. We have a lady that comes into Shower and we have a housekeeper that comes in every two weeks. Help with taking the garbage out and a little task like that.. family will take care of dinners. Need to have their pill containers filled every 2 weeks. Mom has 2 pills she takes before eating that get filled weekly. Both have dementia to a degree and dad has mobility problems. He uses a walker and can only get to bathroom and bed. Daily structure: Get up, open blinds, get newspaper, get medicine, coffee and dad has 2 nutty buddies with coffee. They then need breakfast before taking pills . After breakfast they watch tv, get dressed. continue on with their day. About the care needs: They both have dementia to a degree, mom worse than dad. Mom is 90 & dad is 93. They want to stay in there home til the end. They love to watch squirrels and birds from their own chairs, they watch tv and use computers to play games and mom likes to read newspaper, not sure what she takes from it because she and he both remember nothing. Dad loves to watch Tigers on tv. She likes RFD and Donnie ODonnell. Dad has a real hard time walking with walker, so trying to keep him walking as tolerated. Have lots of patience and sense of humor. My dad is a real hoot mom opposite. Services needed include: meal preparation, errands / shopping, and light housekeeping.
Light Housekeeping
Meal Preparation
Errands / Shopping