Deborah Wallace (L), owner of Just for Seniors, was introduced as our guest speaker by Larry Markham at the August 15th meeting. Just for Seniors is a service that provides personnel to handle chores for homebound adults when it is not handy for family members to attend to. Deborah gave some helpful advice for keeping senior relatives thriving longer. Among these tidbits were;
- Openly address mental well being issues by offering or requesting emotional support. Provide or request advice and guidance.
- Attend to physical needs, including physical activities, intellectual activities , hearing and vision, incontinence, and using adaptive technologies.
- Addressing Environmental needs, transportation and home maintenance
- Promote a sense of purpose, Keep them involved in church, hobbies, dinner out, social activities, misc.
- Extra TLC for lost spouse
- Help for the caregiver.
Just for Seniors was begun with these things in mind when a relative needed help and had to rely on hit and miss aid from other relatives. A flexible rate schedule helps to make this service available to a wide range of caregivers and helpers. For more information you can go to www.JustforSeniorsOK.com