24-Hour Home Care Helps Seniors Prevent Accidents At Night

Nights can be very anxiety inducing for seniors, and for their family members who worry about a senior parent being alone at night. And those worries are justified. Often seniors who fall in their homes fall at night. Seniors could fall when they are getting out of bed to use the bathroom or get a drink. Or they could fall trying to get into bed. Or even going up the stairs to go to bed. When seniors fall they may be seriously injured. And even if they aren’t injured seriously they may be unable to call for help or get back up. 24-hour home care services help keep seniors safe at night from falls and other emergency situations that could come up.

Having 24-hour care so that your senior parent is never alone is the best way to protect your senior loved one during emergencies like:

House Fires

When house fires occur it’s sometimes difficult for seniors to get out of the home quickly enough to be safe. Seniors move more slowly than younger people, and they may not notice the fire or hear the smoke alarm right away. Seniors have an even greater risk of being injured in a fire or being unable to get out of the house in time when the fire happens at night. Seniors who are in their PJs and upstairs may waste time looking for clothes or they could fall rushing to get down the stairs and out of the house. With 24-hour home care if a fire did happen a care provider would be there to call the fire department and get your senior loved one out of the house fast.

Natural Disasters

Have you ever noticed that it seems like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and other natural disasters commonly happen at night? Many of them do. If there were a natural disaster would your senior loved one be prepared to get through that disaster on their own? If they have a care provider with them around the clock your senior parent would be ready for any disaster that happens. A care provider can make sure that seniors are safe from disasters and that the emergency supplies are easily accessible.

Power Outage

24-Hour Home Care Haile Plantation FL – 24-Hour Home Care Helps Seniors Prevent Accidents At Night

Power outages are happening more frequently, especially when there is a lot of demand for energy such as during the summer when people have tier air conditioners running all the time. If a power outage happens in the middle of the night your senior loved one could fall and get seriously hurt because they can’t see where they’re going in the dark. They also could not have power they need for medical equipment that they rely on. With 24-hour home care seniors will have a care provider there who can summon emergency services, check on when the power will be restored, get a generator started if there is a generator, and make sure that your senior loved one doesn’t fall in the dark home.

Extreme Weather

Extreme weather is happening all over the country. Summers are getting dangerously hot, and winters are getting dangerously cold. 24-hour home care will help keep your senior parent safe during periods of extreme weather.

If you are considering 24-Hour Home Care Services in Haile Plantation FL, for an aging loved one, please contact the caring staff at Touching Hearts Home Care. Call today: 352-225-3727.