Balancing Life as an Elderly Caregiver
Being an elderly caregiver is a full-time job that can be rewarding but emotionally and physically draining at the same time. It can quickly lead to caregiver burnout, stress and depression if caregiver’s fail to maintain the perfect balance between their personal life and senior care. However, there are ways to manage this role and responsibility with grace and ease. They are as follows:
Look for the Nearest Elderly Home Care Service
Hiring the services of an at-home caregiver for the elderly will help you take care of your loved one while also completing your duties at work. Consider home elderly care services like Vesta Elder Care to get professional caretakers, skilled and qualified enough to take care of the elderly and offer them all the help they require for faster recovery. These qualified caretakers take all possible measure to keep the elderly healthy while helping you negotiate difficult times very easily.
Get Into a Routine
Getting into a routine will help you demarcate your duties as a caregiver and your job. Try sticking to this routine and share work with your partner or house help. Keep aside the heavy tasks for the time you get home after work. Designate different days of a week for different activities while taking the benefit of calendars and planners.
Set Priorities
You are holding a job and need to manage your family as well. Between all this you also need to take care of the elderly member of your family. So setting priorities even before starting with the procedure is critical. Decide what is more important; less important and everything in-between. Learn to say no even if you know that this may disappoint others.
Prioritize your own requirements along with family; job and elderly requirements while limiting community service. Remember, priorities will change every day or every week but having an idea of the most basic ones will help you in the long run.
Take Out Time for Yourself
You may use different ways to maintain a work-life balance but one of the most important things is to take care of yourself. Be there for your loved one but do not ignore your own health. That’s because fatigue, cold and other conditions may limit your ability to take good care of the elderly. Even when hiring a caregiver for the elderly, ensure the professional gets some time off to rejuvenate themselves.
Socialize
Socializing and spending time with friends is fun and heart healthy. Enjoying time with people who do not share your field of work is also one of the best ideas to remove yourself from daily stress and enjoy other things that actually interest you.
The Bottom Line
It is not easy to take care of an elderly at home especially when you have other responsibilities and tasks at hand. Best is to hire a professional to handle the job perfectly while you can always keep a watch on how the procedure is working out.
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Dr. Prateek Bhardwaj is the COO of Vesta Elder Care. a physiotherapist by profession and Prateek joined the Vesta team at its time of inception. His years of experience have enriched Vesta to become a service-oriented organization and have guided the team through its many milestones