Packing this overnight kit and keeping it somewhere easily accessible in your home ensures that whenever you need to be, you can be ready to welcome your aging loved ones to relax and have a safe and comfortable overnight visit with you. This starts with making sure that they have the things that will help them to feel at home as well as the things that they need to keep up with their care routines. When such a situation arises, it is important that you are ready so that your parents can be as comfortable as possible and get the rest and care they need.
While they are there, they could become tired or ill, or a severe weather incident could occur, making it so that you, and they, would feel more comfortable if they stayed with you in your home rather than trying to make it back to their house. Your home care efforts might be focused on giving them the highest quality of life possible while they are aging in place in their own home, but that does not mean that they will always be there, or that there will not be times when they come to your home to visit with their grandchildren or to spend extra time with you away from their same routine. One such situation is an unexpected overnight visit at your home with your aging parents. When you are caring for an elderly adult you never know what day will bring, and it is important to be as prepared as possible for as many eventualities as you can be so that you are always as confident as you can be that you are ready to handle what your day brings you and continue to keep your parents safe, healthy, comfortable, and happy. If there is one thing that most family caregivers learn while they a re on a home care journey with their aging loved ones it is to always expect the unexpected. Posted Decemby by Tom Smith, President & CEO Home Care in Princeton, NJ Home Care Tips: Creating an Overnight Kit to Keep Your Parents Safe and Comfortable in Your Home