What Signs Tell You that it is Time to Seek Senior Care?

Adult Care Advisors offers you a few tips on when you need to seek senior care. There are some subtle signs that differentiate between whether your senior loved one is merely absent-minded or in need of senior care. It’s the simple, everyday tasks that need monitoring. Forgetting to lock the door or leaving a stove on can happen to anybody, but if it happens too often, you or your senior loved one is no longer safe home alone. This indicates the strong need for senior care.  

• If seniors find it difficult to perform ordinary chores like the laundry or the dishes, they often become withdrawn and show warning signs of anxiety and even depression. This  is definite indication that they need assistance with daily tasks.
• Does your senior loved one have memory lapses? Forgetting where they left things, the dosage of their medication or showing other symptoms of memory loss calls for immediate senior care assistance. Although memory impairment is degenerative, if detected early, it can be slowed down significantly.
• Personal hygiene needs to be examined closely. Can they dress themselves? Do they comb their hair and bathe regularly. Poor personal hygiene can causes sickness that will have long term detrimental effects.
• Balance and stability are important factors and need to be monitored very often. If your loved one has trouble climbing stairs properly, tires halfway up a flight of stairs or shows signs of unsteadiness, it’s the right time to seek senior care.

Contact our team of expert consultants today to learn more about senior care in New Jersey.