The cold weather, shorter days, and potentially dangerous conditions of the winter months mean that many people spend most of their time during the season inside. As the spring returns, however, it’s time to head back outside and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. Getting outside it’s fantastic way to shake up your parents routine to stimulate their mind, help them to stay more active, help them to exercise more, and to make meaningful memories with them. As with everything else in your caregiver journey with your aging parent, it is important that you plan ahead for your outside time and carefully ensure that they remain safe and healthy while enjoying their activity.
Let these ideas inspire you with fun ways that you can enjoy more time outside with your senior during the spring season:
- Head out to watch the birds. This is the time when they are nesting and having babies, which means they tend to be very active. Consider observing them and then researching them to further stimulate your parent’s mind.
- Take walks around the neighborhood to enjoy the sights and sounds of the spring. Look for flowers and animals, and plan for routes you can take for longer walks in the future.
- Start a garden with your parent. Growing flowers fills their lawn with color and fragrance, while growing vegetables encourages them to enjoy more of these nutritious foods in their diet.
- Go on adventures to sites in the area. Parks, historic spots, gardens, and even theme parks are wonderful for enjoying time outside getting exercise and fresh air.
Adding home care to your parent’s care routine is a great way to help your parent get more active and head outside more often. Safe transportation, physical support, and companionship mean that your parent can get out and feel confident engaging in more activities outside the home.
If your parent has been struggling with needs that you do not feel that you can meet efficiently, your own challenges and limitations have increased and your ability to care for your parent has changed, or you simply feel that they would benefit from a wider, more diversified care team, now may be the ideal time for you to consider starting home care for them. An in-home senior care services provider can be with your parent to fill care gaps, manage care tasks that are too difficult for you or that are not comfortable for you or for your parent for you to handle, and help them to pursue a lifestyle that is as independent and fulfilling as possible as they age in place. This can ease your stress, support your own health and well-being, and help to keep your relationship with your senior meaningful and beneficial throughout their later years.
If you or an aging loved one are considering home care services in Morton Grove, IL, please call the caring staff at A-Abiding Care today. Serving North and Northwest Chicago and the surrounding area for over 30 years. Call 847-698-1400.
Our professional caregivers offer a wide variety of home care services to meet your loved one’s unique and individual needs, including:
In-Home Care
Hospital-to-Home Transitional Care
Specialized Senior Home Care
Assistance Services
A-Abiding Care, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Joyce Kernan – a registered nurse and pioneer in the field of home care – on the principles of showing clients kindness and respect while providing loving, compassionate care for seniors at home. Today, Joyce’s family, along with our loyal staff, continue her legacy and mission; to provide quality home care for seniors in the Chicago area and provide meaningful employment for many caregivers, nurses and administrative staff.
I feel honored to care for our community members and to be a part of their lives in a meaningful, lasting way.
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