About who needs care: Weak and feeble. Uses a walker but gets out of breath due to lack of physical activity. Many health issues. She has fecal incontinence and is prone to UTIs as a result of wearing adult diapers and unable to clean herself properly. She has some mild cognitive decline and trouble hearing. She has 3 daughters and a son who lives with her but he is mentally ill and intellectually disabled. Her daughters will visit a few days a week and will cook, clean and bath her but she needs more help and I worry about her during the times she doesn't have one of us there. I worry about her falling, not cleaning herself and increasing her chances of a reoccurring uti, not remembering to take her meds and going back into the hospital as a result of one or all of those issues. Her hobbies are watching TV and she likes to talk about the past. She gets up in the morning, goes to the bathroom and comes into the livingroom and sits on the couch all day watching TV. She only gets up if she has to use the bathroom and to go to bed. My brother will bring her coffee, breakfast, lunch and dinner or whenever she's hungry but she eats like bird and doesn't have an appetite. We have to remind her to take her meds or she won't take them. I would like to see her up and moving around more to get her strength back and maybe her appetite. She is stubborn and doesn't feel like doing any excersises which is why she became so weak. I would like for her to be bathed and to have help with being cleaned, changed and dressed when she goes to the bathroom. About the care needs: Someone who is patient , who speaks slowly and enunciates their words. My mother is hard of hearing and has trouble following when someone is speaking fast. She will have difficulty understanding someone with a foreign accent. Someone who is experienced with caring for someone with incontinence issues and has patience with helping them clean up and getting dressed. Someone who can relate to an 87 year old and understanding that she is not up to speed with technology, computer, cell phones, internet and modern culture. She is set in her ways and is a product of her time in the 50's. Someone who is genuinely kind, caring, a good listener, not judging, and a friend. My mom tends to go on and on with her stories and repeats herself a lot. She forgets what you tell her a lot and you will have to repeat yourself to her also. Someone who is cheerful and positive that will make her smile and laugh Services needed include: transportation, meal preparation, errands / shopping, light housekeeping, feeding, and bathing / dressing.
Bathing / Dressing
Feeding
Light Housekeeping
Meal Preparation
Errands / Shopping
Transportation Required