Senior communication hours mean a lot to me as an individual and it gives me a deep joy as my passion is to set aside just 2-3 hours a day for at least three days per week or as needed and when possible to give much needed assistance to seniors.

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Each senior’s needs are different taking into considering their flexibility, acceptance, physical mobility, and cognitive ability to social isolation due to their decline health.

There needs to be a non-judgmental attitude to their altered behavior during their advanced years.

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Here are a few ways help may be given:

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• Mobility

• Personal hygiene, which includes washing hair

• Promote social interaction

• Assistance to medical appointments

• Help with shopping, whether or not they are able to go out

• Picking up prescriptions, and so on

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So, by saying all this, the seniors that I do visit always look forward to my visits.

In most cases, having seniors in the comfort of their own home environment helps to stabilize their mental status rather than being in a facility, such as a nursing home.

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Juliet Spencer