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Seeking Holiday Help While Caregiving for Las Vegas Seniors?

November 13, 2018
Seeking Holiday Help While Caregiving for Las Vegas Seniors?

How to Help Seniors During the Holidays
The holiday season is the time for emphasizing giving back to others in need. We celebrate by giving toys to tots and children, food to the hungry, donating to charities, and helping our elderly avoid loneliness and isolation. The holiday season opens hearts, our calendars, and wallets.
 
Las Vegas’s older adults need our attention!  Take a look at SeniorCare.com’s holiday volunteer guide for ideas!  When making the holiday shopping list, be sure to add one or two older adults in need. Here are reasons why we need to help:
  • Close to 28% or 12.1 million seniors live alone.
  • 21% or one in five people over 65 do not drive, and it’s the main reason people isolate.
  • Hunger threatens over 9 million older adults.
  • 1 million homebound seniors are malnourished.
  • Elderly suicide rates are high.
  • 87% of Americans receive unpaid care at home from family and friends.
The numbers are frightening. Too many older adults in Las Vegas are stranded and hungry,  They live alone, care for themselves, or depend on a family member for help and are often short on food. It seems impossible that a short decade or two ago, these same folks were contributing to society and working very hard.
 
If you have trouble thinking of ways to help out, check out the guide where you will find suggestions on how to give – today it offers Thanksgiving ideas and in a short time, the guide will include Christmas too.

Some ideas:
  • Help with house chores
  • Rake leaves or other yard work
  • Set up their Christmas tree
  • Offer a ride
  • Take them to lunch or a movie
  • Provide respite for the family – spend time with their loved one
  • Contribute time at the local senior center or residential care facility
  • Be a companion
Now is the season for giving, connecting with family, sharing meals, and making special memories.  Help create moments of joy and goodness!
 
Please see BrightStar Care’s website for more Information on Helping Seniors during the Holidays: CLICK HERE
 
BrightStar Care of Las Vegas provides a full continuum of private duty home care services comprised of companionship, personal care, dementia care, transportation, medication assistance, skilled nursing and more to improve seniors’ health and quality of life.  

To learn more about our local team of caregivers, skilled healthcare professionals and home health care support for Las Vegas families and businesses - CLICK HERE