Help at home, on your family's schedule
Bathing, Dressing and Grooming Help in Wilton Manors
Serious falls cluster in the bathroom, and it is the one room nobody wants company in. An aide settles both of those in about twenty minutes.
Two facts that pull against each other
Wet tile, a tub wall to step over and a towel just out of reach make the bathroom the most dangerous room in the house. It is also the room where dignity matters most, and where an adult child offering to help is most likely to be told no.
Families usually resolve that by letting the washing quietly lapse. An aide resolves it differently — the room is set up first, only the help actually needed is given, the door stays shut, and the whole thing is finished before anyone has time to feel watched.
Usually delivered inside a personal care or home health aide booking rather than on its own.
Inside the twenty minutes
Set to whatever level of help is genuinely needed, and not a notch above it.
Washing safely
Seat, rails and a gripping mat all actually used; a wash at the bedside on days when standing under water is not sensible.
Dressing
Clothes chosen and layered in whatever sequence suits a stiff shoulder, a puffy ankle or a walking frame.
Hair and a shave
Hair washed through and combed out; a shave for anybody who has had one every morning of their adult life.
Teeth and dentures
Cleaned daily. This is the step that lapses first and causes the most trouble six months later.
Privacy as a rule
Kept covered wherever that is workable, permission sought before hands go anywhere, and nothing about it mentioned in front of guests.
Book it when
- Somebody is down to one wash a week, if that
- Staying upright in there now needs a grip on the basin
- The same clothes are reappearing, or going on inside out
- Shaving and hair have been given up on
- It has become a job for an adult child, and neither of them wants it
One good morning sets up the day
Nearly always a weekday morning slot. Ring and we will settle the hour, the level of help and the figure in one go.
Book the morning — (954) 477-7033