Honoring Our Unsung Heroes
As older adults age, they often require additional help to maintain their independent lifestyle. Most of the time, family members will step in and offer assistance for their elderly loved ones. These family caregivers serve an important role in the lives of their elderly parents or relatives.
Our unsung heroes are faced with severe emotional stress, especially when the family caregiver provides care full-time for a family member with advanced dementia, cancer, or other disability or illness. At NEILS, we provide elderly in-home care services to support family caregivers so they can focus on the personal connection that offers a nurturing environment for their elderly relatives.
Family caregivers can help ensure their loved ones receive the best possible care. We understand the vital role that family members play in caring for their elderly loved ones.
Emotional and Social Support
Family caregivers provide an emotional bond with their loved ones that can be rewarding and challenging. They can help combat feelings of isolation, loneliness, and depression that often come with aging. Spending time with them and helping to maintain social connections is key. Mixed emotions including joy, frustration, and stress can lead to caregiver burnout if there is no additional support.
Medical and Health Care
Simple health care duties including medications are often provided by a family caregiver. Monitoring their health and symptom management is an important role that can lead to managing fevers, dehydration, and complex medication procedures including infusion pumps and wound care. NEILS can provide medical support for medication reminders and nurse visits to meet specialized healthcare needs.
Personal Care
Family caregivers often assist with activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding their elderly loved ones. These tasks can become challenging for many caregivers and they often need additional support to ease these burdens. NEILS in-home care service providers offer personal care support including bathing, dressing, meal preparation, diabetic nail care, toileting, and more.
Advocacy & Care Coordination
Many family caregivers find themselves making doctor’s appointments, speaking with doctors, picking up prescriptions, and handling payments through medical insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and Medigap. As advocates, caregivers are responsible for coordinating their loved one’s healthcare to ensure they receive the necessary support. NEILS offers essential transportation to medical appointments to assist family caregivers in meeting these needs.
Transportation
Everyday tasks – like medical appointments, pharmacy trips, grocery shopping, hair appointments, and other errands – become more challenging as driving becomes harder. Family caregivers will often become the driver in charge of getting their elderly loved ones where they need to be. When this becomes difficult for a family member, NEILS is here to assist with these transportation needs.
Respite Care
It’s important to remember that our family caregivers need a break from caregiving. This is not something to feel guilty or irresponsible about. Respite care is essential for preserving their well-being and enables them to provide care for their loved ones. NEILS offers respite care and support for our unsung heroes to obtain that much-needed break giving them time to rest.
In-Home Elderly Care Support
We understand the vital role of family caregivers and are here to provide support with the following services.
- Bathing & Dressing
- Personal Care
- Toileting
- Nurse Visits
- Meal Preparation
- Transportation
- Light Housekeeping
- Shopping & Errands
- Laundry
- Medication Reminders
- Companionship
- Respite Care
- Diabetic Nail Care
For more information about our in-home elderly care services, contact NEILS in Hannibal, MO at 573-221-8282.