What types of personal care services are typically offered at personal care facilities?
August 13, 2024
To live a safe, healthy, and comfortable life, seniors must prioritize their health by staying active, eating healthy, and ensuring proper personal hygiene. Unfortunately, for many people, seemingly daily tasks can be challenging to handle as they get older. Perhaps your mobility has declined, or you constantly forget things. These changes, when left unaddressed, can lead to self-neglect. This could also indicate that you need assistance with your personal care needs.
The main goal of personal care services is to aid seniors who require help with their daily life activities. These are common daily tasks that most able-bodied people take for granted and include eating a balanced diet, walking, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, and moving around.
What Are Common Personal Care Services?
Personal care services play an immensely crucial role in maintaining (for as long as possible) the health, quality of life, and dignity of people who need respectful and compassionate help with their personal needs. Personal care is vital to preventing illnesses by ensuring personal hygiene needs are met, which also contributes to better overall health. Also, it positively impacts mental and emotional health by promoting stress relief, relaxation, and self-esteem through daily routines. In addition, it supports independence, which allows seniors to confidently keep up with daily tasks and social life.
It’s crucial to note that not all personal care facilities are the same, and the personal care services they offer significantly differ from one facility to another. Some facilities provide extra services, while others provide basic personal care services, such as the following:
- Assistance with bathing, showering, hair care, oral care, grooming, hair care, dressing, and skin care
- Assistance with self-administered medications or supplements
- Healthy meal preparation and eating
- Urinary or bowel incontinence care
- Assistance with changing or emptying catheter bags and other urinary collection devices
- Ostomy care
- Assistance with bedpans, commodes, or urinals
- Assistance with proper positioning and transferring to and from a chair, wheelchair, bed, and toilet
- Assistance with physician-recommended physical activities
Depending on the personal care facility, it may also offer other services related to personal care. These include nursing support, activity, and lifestyle programs, housekeeping and laundry services, an on-site salon, and medical management, among others, that The Hickman Senior Living Community in PA offers.
We understand that personal care issues may be sensitive for most people. But rest assured that we provide individualized personal care services in a dignified and empathetic manner.
Take a Tour of The Hickman Senior Living Community in West Chester
At The Hickman Senior Living Community in West Chester, we strive to provide personalized and exceptional personal care services in a comfortable and welcoming environment. We are committed to satisfying the unique requirements of each resident by developing an individualized personal care plan that takes into account their physical health and safety, socialization needs, and emotional well-being.
Our primary goal is to help ensure that our residents have the best possible quality of life, regardless of their circumstances, while preserving their independence in our personal care facility. Reach out to us to learn more about how we can help with your personal care needs and schedule your visit at The Hickman Senior Living Community in West Chester.