PERSONAL HYGIENE

Personal care for your loved one matters. Let us help.

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Aging can bring about many changes and challenges. One area for Seniors that can greatly affect their well-being if not addressed is Personal Care.

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At HHC Solutions, our caregivers are trained to delicately approach assisting clients with their daily personal care while assuring that they maintain as much independence in these tasks as they want.

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What do Personal Hygiene Services Include?

There are many different levels of service you can choose from in personal hygiene services. Caregivers visit a senior home and provide the assistance needed to maintain a clean and confident life, and these services help seniors remain in their homes for longer.

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Here are some of the most common personal hygiene services offered to seniors through home care agencies:

Hygiene and Bathing

For both health and social reasons, maintaining good personal hygiene is incredibly important. It also helps seniors with their confidence and dignity. 

Some seniors have mobility or balance issues, making tasks such as bathing extremely difficult. Caregivers hired through home care agencies are thoroughly trained in bathing, using bath equipment, and washing the whole body of their clients. Taking a bath or shower is necessary for preventing infections, and removing any bacteria in the body. Being properly cleaned gives you an invigorating feeling and a new look at life. 

Other hygiene services offered to seniors include dental and denture care, grooming, hair care, basic skin care, nail maintenance, changing external urinary collecting devices and bedpans, colostomy care, and more.

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Mobility & Transfer

Seniors benefit in so many ways from regular exercise and movement, both physically and mentally.  Caregivers can assist in helping seniors perform normal body movements for good blood flow, as well as follow prescribed exercise programs. They may also assist with bed positioning, wheelchair and other chair mobility and movement. If the senior needs help getting in and out of bed, caregivers can transfer them to and from bed, the toilet, chairs and more. Another benefit to hiring a caregiver for mobility – they can encourage seniors to exercise and offer companionship as well. Caregivers carefully consider any and all physical limitations, as well as the comfort level of each of their client’s in their ability to walk, climb stairs, get in and out of vehicles, and make general movements. 

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Continence & Toileting 

Many elderly individuals struggle with urinary or bowel issues. Caregivers are trained to assist with these hardships, by changing bed pans, adult diapers, toilet assistance, colostomy care, bladder incontinence care, and any other help the senior may benefit from. Caregivers understand the impact that toileting care can play in a client’s comfort, social life, and self-esteem. They make it an easy and comfortable process for all of their clients.

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Oral Hygiene

As mentioned in the personal hygiene section, oral hygiene is another personal care service that caregivers can assist with. From brushing to mouth and gums care, as well as denture assistance, they’ve seen it all and are happy to offer their care when it comes to oral hygiene.

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Dressing

Assistance with dressing is a Common Activity of Daily Living (ADL) that our caregivers help with. Accidents and Falls can happen when our seniors are dressing due to loss of balance or confusion. Our caregivers are trained to both assist your loved ones with dressing as well as teach them how to walk through the steps of dressing safely with consideration for each individual client's needs. It is always our goal to create the greatest level of independence that we can for your loved one. We find that our Seniors are happiest when they can maintain some level of autonomy in their ADL’s and it is our goal to assist them in that.