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The Benefits of Enrichment Activities for Seniors

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Enrichment activities for seniors provide countless benefits.

Is your elderly loved one staying engaged with activities on a day-to-day basis, or is she stuck in a rut that mostly includes watching television, eating, and sleeping? Particularly during this time of quarantining and solitude, it can be challenging to maintain an active and involved way of life – but it is critically important for the health and wellness of older adults.

At CareFor, we believe that enhancing senior home care services with enriching activities is a key element to ensuring the highest quality of life. CareFor is one of the most trusted home health care providers, partly because we believe our clients deserve to be honored with activities that they enjoy and keep them involved in living life to the fullest each day. This means individualizing activities to match each person’s distinct interests, hobbies, and ability levels.

Our person-centered care begins with understanding as much as possible about the older adult’s preferences, dislikes, dreams, interests and life history. We get to know the older person through an interview that may also include other family members if desired, and then build a personalized plan of care to incorporate a variety of appropriate enrichment activities.

Some of the benefits of enrichment activities for seniors include:

  • Alleviate boredom and lack of motivation
  • Increase self-confidence and independence
  • Restore or boost purpose and meaning to life
  • Help improve memory
  • Restore physical abilities
  • Foster a sense of wellbeing for older adults challenged with a chronic condition

Effectively improving seniors’ everyday experiences means not just customizing their activities to meet their specific preferences and tastes, but also ensuring that their daily routine has some variety. This means that on one day we may concentrate on activities that are designed to boost creativity with a simple but meaningful art project. On the next day, the focus may be on simply having fun with a game of cards or taking a short walk around the neighborhood. Ultimately, our senior home care services will be developed to help seniors obtain the highest possible quality of life.

It’s also important to use some innovative thinking when identifying activities for older individuals during a time such as this when it’s safest for older adults to stay at home. Examples include taking virtual field trips to check out places of interest, making full use of technologies such as Zoom and Skype to keep in touch with loved ones, or streaming a live concert for a particularly enjoyed genre of music and dancing, singing, or tapping toes together. We are always here to help spark creative ideas!

At CareFor, improving seniors’ daily lives and optimizing their independence are key components of our mission. Our home care services are created not only to assist with seniors’ physical needs, but to enhance their everyday experiences as well. Contact us any time online or at (512) 338-4533 to learn more about our top-rated Lakeway home health care and the communities we serve. See our full-service area in Texas here.

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