Signs Someone Might Need Care
Isolation/Depression
- Are you or your loved one isolated from social contact?
- Are your or a loved one’s sleeping habits, eating habits or activity levels changing?
Daily Activities/Eating Habits
- Are you or your loved one having a difficult time walking, dressing or eating?
Bruises/Falls
- Has there been an increased susceptibility to falling and bruising?
Cognitive Ability
- Is your or your loved one’s mental reasoning ability at a level where personal safety and the safety of others is at risk?
Increasing Medical Needs
- Do you or a loved one need medical care that is hard to provide on your own?
- Do medications need to be increased?
- Do you or your loved one need help taking medications?
- Do you or your loved one use medical equipment like an oxygen tank or need daily or weekly treatments like dialysis?
- Is rehabilitative care needed, such as after a surgery or injury?
Caregiver Burnout
- Is a family caregiver exhausted due to the amount of care you or your loved one needs?
Medication Errors/Missed Doctor’s Appointments
- Are your or your loved one’s medications being mixed one, or not taken at all?
- Are doctor’s appointments being missed?
Household Management
- Can you or your loved one still manage to run a household, such as keeping a checkbook or paying bills?
- Is there a dramatic change in how the house is kept?
If you’ve answered yes to many of these questions, it’s probably time to talk about getting assistance.