Senior In-Home Care Helps You to Say Goodbye to Holiday Stress

Senior In-Home Care  |  December 28, 2017

Everything Seniors and Caregivers in Edmonton, AB, Need to Know About Avoiding Holiday Stress

Senior In-Home Care | Do you find yourself stressing out over the holidays? You are among millions of aging adults who experience the holiday season as extremely stressful. This should be a time of excitement, joy, family, friends, and happiness, not stress. In-home care is available to help families, and their aging loved ones, cope with the anxiety and overwhelming activities that accommodate the holiday schedule.

Five Tips for Caregivers to Avoid a Stressful Holiday Season

Tip #1. Maintain a Regular Regimen:

If you exercise regularly, attend a fitness class, or participate in other physical activities, continue to do so during the holidays. It can be stressful to think of what you aren’t doing because it’s the holiday season. These activities help to eliminate stress and should be incorporated into daily living during the holidays. In-home care providers can remind aging adults to stay consistent with physical activity.

Tip #2. A No-Stress Season: 

Think of all the things you’re most grateful for and how they bring joy to your life. Don’t dwell on what you don’t have or can’t buy this holiday season. Family, food, laughs and good times will bring immeasurable joy, so spend time focusing on these things.

Tip #3. Alcohol Limitations: 

While it is common for alcohol to be served at almost every holiday festivity, it is necessary to limit the amount being consumed. Drinking too much alcohol can decrease your inhibitions and lead to aggressive or combative behaviour. When hosting holiday events, provide minimal alcohol to friends and family to create a less hostile and more pleasant environment for those in attendance.

Tip #4. Balance the Budget:

Spending more than you have budgeted is easy during the holiday season. Purchase gifts you can afford, and know it’s okay to say no to certain gifts that aren’t within your price range. Before the holidays, review your budget and decide to stick to it. The best way to be truly happy during the holidays is not to spend it wondering how you’ll survive financially once the season has ended.

Tip #5. Relax and Enjoy You: 

Yes! Everyone needs time for themselves during the holidays. The holiday season can become so consumed with things to do that you forget to make time for yourself. A few minutes a day doing something you enjoy makes a difference in stress levels. Get a massage or take a long bath to experience some quiet time.

Family and aging adults benefit from professional in-home care during the holidays. Stress management is essential in everyday life and increases during the holidays. Every effort to control it to make the season more enjoyable.

Comfort Keepers® Edmonton is Proud to Offer a Wide Range of Home Senior Care Services

Our trained caregivers will ensure your loved one is comfortable, independent and safe in their home. On top of that, we will also aim to enhance their overall health, quality of life and general happiness. 

Top-Notch Home Healthcare for Seniors in Edmonton, Alberta

Comfort Keepers of Edmonton offers a broader range of senior care services. We offer retirement care, respite care, senior care, companionship care, end-of-life care, post-surgery care, palliative care, personal care, and senior living transition services. If you are concerned about the health and well-being of your aging loved ones, we can provide 24-hour care and more!

Helping Seniors Age-in-Place with Companionship Care and Interactive Caregiving™

Empathetic care starts in the heart and allows us to meet our client’s needs. Our trained caregivers are selected with one specific quality in mind, empathy. We strive to stimulate our clients emotionally, mentally and socially, thus enhancing their overall quality of life. 

Our Interactive Caregiving™ provides a system of care that addresses companionship, safety, nutrition, mind, body, and activities of daily living (ADLs). The system increases seniors’ sense of well-being, independence and companionship by focusing on Senior Mind, Senior Body, Senior Nutrition, and Senior Safety.

Affordable and Client-Directed Homecare is Available for Qualifying Albertans

Comfort Keepers® Edmonton is an Approved Service Provider for the Client Directed Homecare Invoicing (CDHCI) Program Offered by Alberta Health Services. 

What is the Client Directed Home Care Invoicing Program (CDHCI)?

CDHCI is a great program provided by Alberta Health Services (AHS), allowing clients to choose an approved agency like Comfort Keepers Edmonton for Personal Care, Respite Care and Homemaking needs. The chosen agency can then bill AHS directly for services rendered for approved hours through Alberta Blue Cross. Read more about the program HERE.

Accredited Home Care Edmonton

Comfort Keepers® Edmonton was awarded the “Accredited with Exemplary Standing” seal by Accreditation Canada. This honour demonstrates Comfort Keepers’ commitment to offering safe, high-quality home care to its senior clients in Edmonton, AB.

To learn more about senior in-home care in Edmonton, contact the Comfort Keepers® office. Our service territory includes Edmonton, Devon, Sherwood Park, Stony Plain and surrounding areas, contact the Comfort Keepers Edmonton office at 780-465-4665.

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