Helping our elderly live with dignity and familiarity can be difficult at times but technology and the world of hyper-connectedness are definitely making it easier. We hope that our vision will spur the creation of global communities of care not just to support our aging populations but to cater for all care needs.
My paternal grandmother in Melbourne celebrated her 95th birthday last February. Although still jovial and with her wicked sense of humor, she sadly has stage 3 cancer. 'Ma', as I call her in Teochew, is fortunate to have her 4 daughters who take turns caring for her in her final months. She is able to spend time at home amongst loved ones instead of a hospice or an aged care facility where she inevitably would have been alone most of the time and at best amongst strangers.
Aside from general companionship or a medical aid, choosing the right caregiver for the seniors sometimes means finding one that can provide care for certain conditions. Some of the more common conditions according to everydayhealth.com are:
- Osteoporosis
- Macular degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Hearing loss
- Alzheimer's
- Cognitive impairment
- Incontinence
- Arthritis
- Dizziness
- Constipation
Looking for help at home for your elderly parent? Click below to book a care service today! For enquiries, call CaregiverAsia at +65 6258 6683.
Circumstances and types of illnesses will determine how we will all spend our twilight years but I'm pretty darn sure we all want one thing – to do so with dignity and familiarity. This is why we do what we do at CaregiverAsia. To build a community of care and caregivers to enable as many people as possible to be where they're most comfortable – at home.
At CaregiverAsia, we have over 700 caregivers to help you with caring for your elderly loved one. Be it a medical escort who takes your aging parent to a medical check-up, or a home nurse who cares for and administers their medications, or maybe a care companion who does activities and talks to a loved one with dementia – our experienced and empathetic caregivers are here to give you a helping hand at home, as well as impart some of their caregiving knowledge. All in all, the caregivers at CaregiverAsia can help the elderly live with dignity and familiarity in their own homes.
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