In this article, you will learn:

How to provide adequate care for the elderly

How to get a care allowance for the elderly

What to do if you can't provide decent care for the elderly

How does social care for the elderly work?

What kind of care for the elderly does a private nursing home provide?

Caring for the elderly, and especially caring for bedridden old people, is often a very delicate topic. The moment comes when dads, mothers, having raised their children, already themselves require attention, support and care. Old people are plagued by illness, it is more and more difficult for them to simply serve themselves, cook food, go grocery shopping, and do the cleaning. What can I say, sometimes they can't even get dressed without outside help... It's good that there is a way out in such a situation. Rather, people who are ready to help. How can you provide adequate care for the elderly?

Monitor the elderly person's sleep

When old man sick, his body is exhausted. At this time, the sleep of an elderly person should last at least seven to eight hours a day. A night without sleep is bound to respond with physical weakness and depressed mood. His relatives must understand that the nervous system of an old person is very vulnerable. In caring for the elderly at home, good sleep is like nothing else a source of rejuvenation.

But, as you know, it is insomnia at night that is the companion of the vast majority of elderly people. During the day, they periodically sleep in a shallow sleep, doze. But night wakefulness negates the total daily duration of sleep. For sleep disorders, some doctors advise sleeping pills when caring for sick old people, but this is just a temporary solution to the problem. On the contrary, with the periodic use of sleeping pills, dependence on these drugs can develop. The habit of taking sleeping pills leads not only to hypodynamia, but also to the occurrence of apathetic states.

When caring for the elderly over 80 years old, it is necessary to remember to create conditions for a comfortable sleep, respectively, to observe following conditions:

The bed is moderately hard, but comfortable;

The blanket is warm but light;

Silence in the room;

Regular airing, maintaining the temperature in the room at the level of 18-22 C °;

Exclude sweet, strong tea at night, especially coffee, organize dinner at least four hours before bedtime;

A refreshing evening walk before bedtime has a good effect. In the absence of such an opportunity - walking indoors;

During the day, keep an elderly person awake by engaging him in some interesting activities.

The next problem encountered by many elderly people is diuresis at night, caused by age-related disorders in the kidneys. Obviously, in this case, when caring for bedridden old people, you need to follow a number of rules in order to minimize the night getting up of an elderly person as much as possible. Namely:

Do not drink a lot of fluids at night;

Avoid taking diuretics;

Wear adult diapers as needed.

Monitor an older person's personal hygiene

Personal hygiene of the elderly person is important when caring for lonely old people. There is one nuance here: the human skin becomes drier every year, skin cells die off faster with age, in older people this is often accompanied by itching. Therefore, it is necessary to use mild moisturizers against dry skin: nutritious cream, baby soap... Generally - routine hygiene.

Be prepared for accidents

In elderly people, due to the deterioration of the functioning of all organs, the risk of an accident increases sharply. Moreover, the consequences of bruises, dislocations and fractures are very difficult for the elderly. In connection with this reason, when caring for sick old people, it is necessary to create such conditions as to minimize the likelihood of injury. What needs to be done for this?

Free the room from unnecessary things, do not rearrange the furniture in the room without warning;

Provide a non-slip floor covering (carpet, etc.);

In the bathroom, put a rubberized coating on the floor, and also make handrails.

Create a comfortable environment for the elderly person

Old people should be comfortable. External and internal comfort is the key to the well-being of an elderly person. Here are some additional tips on how to provide adequate home care for the elderly:

It is advisable for an elderly person to allocate a bright, well-ventilated room;

The height of the bed should be at least 0.6 m, that is, such a height that, while sitting on it, a person can touch the floor with his feet and stand up without difficulty;

If there is a chair in the room, then it should not be deep so that the elderly person can also easily get out of it.

How to apply for a care allowance for the elderly

In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 26, 2006 No. 1455 "On compensation payments to persons caring for disabled citizens" and in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 4, 2007 No. 343 "On the implementation of monthly compensation payments to disabled able-bodied persons caring for a disabled person of group I (with the exception of disabled people from childhood of group I), as well as for the elderly who need constant outside care at the conclusion of a medical institution or who have reached the age of 80 ", people who have taken responsibility for caring for disabled old people, have the right to receive monetary compensation.

Cases in which the relevant authorities appoint guardianship:

Full guardianship (over disabled people of group I, elderly people). Appointed if a person cannot take care of himself. This also includes mental disorders that are judicially established on the basis of the relevant medical certificate... To obtain full guardianship for caring for the elderly, you need to write an application to the guardianship authorities.

Patronage. Carried out on elderly people in need of care. To what extent is a person in a difficult physical condition or feeling unwell needs the help of an outsider, a special medical commission decides. An elderly person applies to the guardianship authorities with an application and the conclusion of the medical board. The future trustee submits a written application and a version of the contract there.

Caring for the elderly 80 years and older.

For assistance to elderly and disabled citizens in our country, a cash payment is due. Able-bodied people during the period when they will take care of the sick should not work. They are also not entitled to unemployment benefits and pensions during this time.

The legislation provides that a person caring for the elderly and issuing benefits for caring for them is not required to be with them in family ties or live in the same apartment.

Moreover, he has the right to care for several elderly persons. Then this allowance is drawn up separately for each elderly sick person.

Registration and accrual of payments for the care of old people, sick pensioners, disabled people is carried out in the OPFR at the place of registration.

To apply for a care allowance for the elderly, a potential guardian must prepare documents:

Passport of a capable citizen Russian Federation;

A written statement indicating the date on which the care of the ward begins;

Caregiver's work record book to confirm that he is not employed;

Certificate from the district Employment Center as confirmation that the guardian does not receive unemployment benefits;

A similar certificate from the OPFR at the place of actual residence / registration as confirmation that the guardian does not receive payments from The Pension Fund;

The guardian's passport is a citizen of the Russian Federation;

Written consent of the ward to provide assistance to a specific person; in case of incapacity of the ward, or when the ward is a disabled child under 14 years of age, then this statement of consent is drawn up and signed by a representative of the authorities;

A special medical certificate of a certain form stating that this disabled person needs guardian care.

From the moment of registration of documents that he is a guardian, that is, a person caring for the elderly, one or more disabled people, he is obliged to perform the following actions:

Pay utility bills, taxes and other payments on time from the funds of the ward.

Purchase groceries, hygiene items, clothing items, etc. in the store. to support the vital needs of the disabled person supervised by him.

To take care of a sick person, to provide his ward with a variety of assistance.

To protect the rights and interests of your ward in every possible way.

When performing transactions with the funds of a sick person, remember about his interests and the need to report annually to the guardianship authorities on the funds spent.

The regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation do not provide for the procedure for the inheritance by the guardian of an apartment or other property of the ward, and the corresponding concept is also not considered. But, if an elderly person is on their own decides to leave the guardian with some of his property, including real estate, then he must draw up a will in favor of him.

When the following cases occur payments elderly care benefits cease:

Death of a guardian, or death of a ward, or recognition of one of them by the relevant authorities as missing by law.

Failure by the guardian to fulfill his obligations. V this case the ward person writes an application to the guardianship authorities, whose representatives draw up an appropriate act confirming the appeal of the person in respect of whom the guardianship was organized.

An elderly person's guardian draws up and receives a pension benefit.

An elderly person's guardian draws up and receives unemployment benefits.

The guardian is officially employed and paid.

The person under guardianship is registered permanently in a state (or municipal) institution of social services for the population.

If, for any reason, the payment of benefits for the care of the elderly has become impossible, you need to contact the department of the Pension Fund and the guardianship authorities within five days. Otherwise, the overpayment of funds will be returned to the state in court.

Old people are more difficult to tolerate various diseases, they, unlike people, are more young age are more often susceptible to all sorts of external factors that negatively affect the state of health. Therefore, attention, care and care are so vital to them. In the conditions of modern realities, both socio-economic and environmental, elderly people in our country often lose their ability to work in their seventh decade, and they need help in caring. Even more so, the 80-year-old citizens of our country who need warmth, empathy, and special care.

But in no case should you trust such a noble deed as caring for the elderly to those who want to use the current situation in their own interests. On the contrary, people with special needs are needed here. kind attitude to the world who know how to compassion. After all, caring for elderly people not only takes a lot of time, but also requires a lot of emotional, mental commitment.

And all this is almost never made up from a financial point of view. But, if you wholeheartedly want to lend a helping hand to the most vulnerable citizens, our old people, then, of course, do not stop. Despite the seeming complexity of the above paperwork, you can always knock on the door of a lonely elderly person, come up on the street with an offer of your help. Indifference to others, bright intentions and good deeds will certainly be reckoned with.

If you cannot provide care for the elderly

What if you are unable to provide adequate care for the elderly? If you encounter difficulties in the process of caring for the elderly, or if you cannot provide adequate care for certain reasons, you can always count on the help of specialists. Let's analyze the positive and negative points different options for caring for the elderly:

Social service

In any locality of the Russian Federation there is a department of social protection of the population. This means that there are officially employed employees of the subordinate institutions of the Ministry of Social Protection of the Population who supervise elderly citizens in need of care. The social service for the care of the elderly provides assistance next kind:

Hygiene of an elderly person;

Control and assistance in taking medications;

Accompanying a sick person to the place of carrying out the necessary medical examinations and procedures, assistance in their conduct;

Purchase of the necessary food products, medicines from the funds of the ward or his relatives;

Cooking food for an old person;

Feeding a helpless person or helping with eating;

Cleaning and airing the room in which the ward is located;

Laundry, ironing of clothes, bed linen of an elderly person;

If the ward walks, then accompany him for a walk.

Consider «+» and «-» when caring for the elderly social workers from the state:

State assistance in the form of a social worker for the elderly is free of charge;

Usually a social worker is a person with a medical education who, in a critical situation, will always provide first aid;

The social service for the care of the elderly offers either one-time assistance or round-the-clock at the request of the person who applied for such assistance.

In order for a social worker to start helping you, you must submit an application to a social protection institution or a social service center, to a special commission;

The decision that you need the help of a social worker or “admission to non-inpatient social services” is based on a medical opinion. It is clear that this can take a certain amount of time, often a long one;

Not all elderly people can count on the help of a specialist from the state;

In the event that, nevertheless, a pensioner approaches the category of a social worker in need of help, then this assistance will be provided only when the impossibility of caring for the elderly is justified (a close relative is sick for a long time, or is on disability, or he is in retirement age or lives from a person in need of care at a distant distance, or his work is associated with frequent and long business trips).

Nurse

A nurse is a qualified nurse who has undergone specialized training and knows all the nuances of caring for the elderly. This is a rather difficult profession, and only those who have a special education and such human qualities as sincerity, the ability to compassion, patience, hard work, and also a sense of humor remain here. Such a combination of qualities, specialized education and a desire to help those in need is quite rare. Therefore, good professional nurses are worth their weight in gold.

Caregivers have two options for work: they come at a certain time (hourly pay), or they live with the person they are caring for (fixed pay for a certain time).

Consider "+" And "-" when hiring nurses for the care of the elderly:

The person who pays for the caregiver pays for the hours of work it takes to care for the sick person.

The sick person does not need to move to another place, since the nurse will come to his home. And this is a big plus, because for an elderly person, a change of place of residence and, in general, some serious changes are akin to a disaster. In addition, the family will not be separated from the relative.

Often, people are uncomfortable if a stranger is constantly in the apartment, at the same time, the nurse must, willy-nilly, be present for a considerable time in the house where the elderly person lives.

A situation may happen when the nurse suddenly did not come for some reason. Or she is unable to care for the elderly, such as communicating with the person she is looking after. In this case, the search for a nurse has to be started anew.

When you hire a nurse, you must be confident in her professional training, moral cleanliness, even selflessness. After all, the nurse will have to spend a lot of time alone with your relative. You are relying on this person. While at work, you cannot control her work and how she behaves in your absence with a helpless person.

There is the option of contacting an agency specializing in the selection of proven nurses. Such agencies find suitable option and give good recommendations. In this case, although it is not one hundred percent, it is still a guarantee.

Specialized boarding house (care for the elderly with accommodation in Moscow)

it specialized boarding house, which provides accommodation for elderly people with caring for them. What kind of care for the elderly does a private nursing home provide? Modern nursing homes can be called good hotels with a certain set medical services... As a rule, such comfortable boarding houses are located outside the city, in nature, in quiet and cozy places. And not far from the city, so that relatives can visit them without any problems.

Private boarding houses, in addition to caring for the elderly with accommodation, also provide a huge range of services. This is qualified medical support, special equipment for people with disabilities, special medical care and special measures for rehabilitation after injuries, operations and complex diseases. But the most important thing is that pensioners return to society again and have the opportunity to communicate with people of about the same age. Everyone knows that loneliness dampens a person faster than any disease, depletes his energy reserves. The isolation of older people from society is an acute social problem.

In the specialized boarding house, there are special workers on the staff who organize cultural programs, periodically arrange concert programs, hold film screenings, evenings of music and poetry, and various mini master classes on crafts.

In our country, since the time of perestroika, a certain negative connotation has developed when mentioning state boarding houses for the elderly. On the positive side is considered to be the lowest price for staying in these public institutions. And although in last years the situation changes in better side remain topical issues a shortage of good staff for the care of the elderly and inadequate funding.

It should be noted that the prices for the services of a private boarding house are not so high, despite the fact that everything is included in the price: comfort, food, daily care, professional health care... Of course, living in a private nursing home for the elderly will cost more than in a public one. But, unless the one who has the opportunity to pay for it, will save in such a matter as the comfort and health of a loved one?

Consider "+" And "-" private boarding house for the care of the elderly living in Moscow:

Professional service. In private boarding houses, in contrast to home conditions, there is all the necessary sophisticated equipment. Doctors of a high category of different specializations, highly qualified nurses... Naturally, a whole staff of medical workers and service personnel will provide more complete and professional care for the elderly with a living, paying significant attention to improving the quality of life. The nurse can only organize a comfortable stay of the ward at home and provide normal support for the vital functions of the sick person's body.

In a private boarding house, rehabilitation programs are used to restore the lost functions of the body. Much attention is paid to the fact that here not only care is taken of the elderly with living as such, but that the life of the guests is rich: animators and other workers in the creative sphere work. The team of chefs is professional in developing a healthy menu, trying to diversify it. When elderly people are in a society equal in age and outlook, they feel like full-fledged people.

In private boarding houses, a flexible program is usually offered, based on the capabilities and needs of the clients.

Private boarding houses offer different variants stay: from several days, weeks and months to permanent residence or finding for the purpose of undergoing rehabilitation of varying duration.

Since the staff of the boarding house is quite large, each ward will have his own nurse-nurse, and exactly the one that the client chooses himself.

In the past 10 years, new private country pensions for the care of the elderly with accommodation have been periodically opened, that is, they are gaining popularity. Therefore, people have a choice.

If, due to life circumstances, you have to choose a boarding house for your relative, for which you need a professional move, then you will have to make an effort to view, compare, choose the one you like from all those offered on the market.

We advise you to make a choice, not just by examining the site. You definitely need to come to the boarding house, examine everything on the spot, talk with the boarding house workers, as well as with the patients living in the boarding house, who will tell you how the care of the elderly is carried out here.

We have already talked about how difficult it is for elderly people to change their place of stay. And moving to a specialized boarding house is completely associated with a dreary gloomy place for caring for the elderly, where they will be left forever and forgotten about them, where the last days of their lives await them. Therefore, if possible, it is advisable to bring an elderly relative with you. Let him see the living conditions, equipment, furnishings, atmosphere and other of his peers.

Valeria Protasova

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It's good when you have the opportunity to look after your old people right at home, without worrying about the workplace and other issues, but, alas, the reality is that some families are forced to look for a place for the elderly where they can not only look after them, but also provide timely professional medical care.

Where is the best place to look after the elderly, and what you need to know about boarding schools and nursing homes?

Difficulties and characteristics of caring for the elderly - what kind of care might be needed?

Caring for an elderly person isn't just about cooking or reading books. This is a whole complex of tasks, sometimes -.

Among the usual tasks of a caregiver or relative:

1. Carry out hygiene procedures (wash an elderly person or help wash, etc.).
2. Monitor the timely administration of medications.
3. Take to the doctor and for procedures.
4. Buy food and medicine, prepare food and feed if required.
5. Clean up the room, ventilate.
6. Wash and iron linen.
7. Take the elderly person for a walk.
8. And so on.

These are purely technical tasks that relatives themselves usually cope with.

But caring for the elderly has its own characteristics ...

• It is extremely difficult to accept an elderly person with all his minuses, with irritability, with an imposed opinion, and even with senile dementia.
• Memory impairment. An elderly person may not only confuse events from his own past, but also immediately forget current information.
• Elderly people are as vulnerable and touchy as children. Communicating with them requires a lot of tact.
• It is not uncommon for old people to suffer from serious illnesses and sleep disorders.
• With age, problems with the spine appear, kidney function is impaired, and nocturnal enuresis is not uncommon.
• Gradual loss of hearing and vision, reaction speed, balance, etc. causes injuries and fractures that do not heal as quickly as in young people.
• Old people need a special diet and regular physiotherapy.

Video: Senile dementia and care for the elderly

Self-care for the elderly - pros and cons

In Russia, unlike, for example, the United States, it is not customary to "float" old people to a nursing home. For the parents who raised and fostered you, the attitude is respectful, and such sending the elderly to a boarding school for the Russian mentality is akin to betrayal.

It is important to note that more often than not even children, but grandchildren take care of grandparents, according to statistics.

But, the older an elderly person is, the more he becomes similar to a child who needs to be looked after almost around the clock. Often, young relatives are simply torn between their lives and the need to help old parents.

The situation becomes difficult and sometimes simply unbearable when mental health problems are added to physical health problems. Old people lose their memory and go nowhere in only slippers; forget to turn off the gas or iron; running naked around the apartment; in every possible way, scaring their own great-grandchildren, and so on.

Of course, not every family can withstand the round-the-clock supervision of an elderly relative - especially if he begins to resemble a time bomb. Therefore, in cases with mental problems, you have to agree to the option of looking after the elderly in a special institution, where they are always under supervision and will not be able to harm themselves, as well as others.

Few people can afford to quit their job to care for an elderly relative, and not everyone can boast of the necessary medical knowledge, so the only option for people who categorically do not want to leave their old people in nursing homes is a nurse.

Nursing pluses:

1. A relative is under supervision.
2. A relative under the supervision of a nurse, if the nurse has the appropriate diploma.
3. You can adjust the "package of services" yourself.
4. A relative does not suffer from the need to move - he stays at home, only under someone else's supervision.

Minuses:

• Truly professional nurses usually work in private clinics and sanatoriums. It is almost impossible to find a professional employee using ads. Finding a nurse through an agency is the most expensive, but the most reliable one.
• There is a risk of hiring a scammer.
• Even with a medical / diploma, a nurse will not be able to stop, for example, a diabetic coma or a heart attack.
• The more the caregiver has around the house (feed, wash, walk), the less attention she pays to the patient.
• Not every young nurse has the patience to communicate with an old man who even manages to bring his own children to hysteria in a couple of hours.
• Caregivers, as a rule, have no experience in the rehabilitation of the elderly after suffering, for example, a stroke. This means that precious time will be wasted and simply wasted.

Besides…

1. The services of a professional nurse will cost a pretty penny. Sometimes the amount per month for a nurse's work exceeds 60-90 thousand rubles.
2. There is always a stranger in your house.
3. An elderly relative still remains isolated, because old people rarely find a common language with nurses.

Output:

You need to clearly understand what exactly you want, what exactly the elderly relative needs, and which of the options will be most useful for him, and not for you.

If you do not have the opportunity to personally look after an elderly relative, and you yourself cannot provide him with proper medical care, and financial opportunities allow you to hire a nurse for 50-60 thousand a month - then, of course, the best option there will be a private boarding house where your relative will feel like in a sanatorium, and not like in a prison.

Social caregiver: if you are far away and the relative is all alone

Free nurses are not a myth. But their services are only available ...

• Participants of the Second World War.
• Disabled combatants.
• Lonely old people over 80 years old.
• Single disabled people of the 1st group over 70 years old.
• Lonely elderly people who cannot serve themselves on their own.
• Not lonely elderly people whose relatives are unable to care for them.

It is important to note that an elderly person on the list can still be refused a free nurse if he is sick with active tuberculosis, has mental or sexually transmitted diseases, or viral infectious diseases.

State institutions for the care of the elderly, sick elderly people - advantages and disadvantages

The main types of state institutions (there are about 1,500 in total in the country), where elderly people who are unable to serve themselves go:

Boarding house (boarding school, nursing home)

Disabled people of 1-2 groups over 18 years old, as well as men over 60 and women over 55 who have lost their independence, live here on a temporary / permanent basis.

That is, they accept people who cannot live in a family, but who need household and medical care, rehabilitation, food, etc.

Advantages of the state boarding house:

1. An elderly person under the supervision of professionals.
2. Medical assistance is provided around the clock.
3. The client pays himself: about 75% of each payment will be withheld from the old man's pension.
4. You can transfer the old man's apartment to the boarding house as compensation for the "survival", and then the pension will continue to come to his account.
5. Old people can find hobby activities for themselves and even make friends.

Minuses:

• The boarding house is state-supported. That is, the needs of customers will be met more than modestly, and only the most necessary.
• It is extremely difficult to arrange a bedridden elderly patient in a state / boarding house (about 20,000 people stand in line in Russia as a whole).
• The conditions in the state / boarding house will not just be Spartan: sometimes they become disastrous for the elderly.
• You need to follow the daily routine of the institution.
• Most often, several old people live in one room at once.

Mercy departments (boarding house, usually for bedridden patients)

In such offices, there are old people who cannot eat on their own, take care of themselves, and perform the simplest everyday actions.

Advantages of the department:

1. Here, full-fledged patient care is carried out.
2. There is a solid staff of nurses and nurses.
3. The patient is not only looked after, but also treated.
4. Medicines are provided free of charge.
5. You can register without waiting in line, on a paid basis.

Minuses:

• A very modest setting.
• Complex registration in a boarding school.

Psychoneurological boarding schools

Elderly people with mental illness are usually defined here: women from 55 years old and men over 65 years old with senile dementia, officially recognized as incapacitated.

Important points:

1. Psychoneurological boarding schools can provide permanent registration to the patient, but with the permission of the guardianship authorities.
2. If the patient's housing is not registered as the property, then six months after the patient is registered with the institution, his real estate will go to the state.
3. The institution will manage the patient's pension. 75% - to the institution, 25% - to the pensioner in the hands or on the account, which after his death is inherited by relatives.
4. It is possible to place a person in a boarding school only by a court decision or with the consent of the patient himself.

Private nursing homes for the elderly

More than 20 thousand elderly Russians are now in line in state nursing homes, so private boarding houses are more affordable institutions.

Video: What is a Private Nursing Home?

Advantages of private boarding houses:

1. No need to wait in line.
2. The boarding house is more like a sanatorium than a hospital.
3. You can arrange an old man in a separate room if he does not want to share it with anyone.
4. In a good boarding house, old people do not feel abandoned and lonely.
5. Provided with normal nutrition, treatment, a wide range of rehabilitation procedures.
6. A care is provided that no one, even the most professional, 24-hour nurse, can provide.

Minuses:

• The cost of staying in a private boarding house can exceed 100,000 rubles per month.
• The boarding house must be chosen very carefully, with an excellent reputation, the ability to access at any time, check, etc., so that later you do not find your relative tied to the bed in their own excrement and bruises.

How to choose the right institutions for the care of elderly sick parents - all selection criteria and requirements for the institution

When choosing an institution that will look after your elderly relative, pay attention to the following points:

1. Accommodations: whether it will be convenient for an elderly person in a boarding house / boarding school. Are there ramps, special beds, are there no thresholds in the doors and showers, are there handrails in the corridors and bathrooms, what the elderly are fed with, and so on.
2. Is medical assistance available around the clock , whether there is a therapist and which doctors are on the staff on a permanent basis.
3. Is there a landscaped area for walking whether there are group lessons, concerts, etc. - how exactly is the leisure of the elderly organized?
4. What's included in the price? We carefully read the contract.
5. Are the conditions created for rehabilitation, recovery after surgery? ... The availability of rehabilitation programs is one of the “quality marks” of such institutions.
6. Is it possible to visit a relative at any time

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The caregiver's responsibilities are not limited to mere observation of the client's relative. If necessary, a caregiver service " Social support»Helps the patient at home as follows:

• puts droppers and injections;
• feeds, drinks, monitors the regimen of taking medications;
• takes care of hygiene;
• cleans up, prepares food, goes shopping;
• makes massage and periodically changes the position of the lying patient;
• draws attention to the general condition and mood;
• communicates and can fully replace friendly communication with an elderly person.

Residential care for the elderly

Relatives of grandparents usually work and devote the rest of their time to their family. It is not always possible to provide ongoing home care for the elderly. In addition, a sick or old person can live separately. In such a situation, the rest of the family usually does not want to move into the same apartment.

They can be understood - it is emotionally difficult to see how a loved one gradually leaves. In addition, this is accompanied by psychological, household and hygienic inconveniences for the family - you need to help a sick or elderly person to relieve himself, wash his things, and spoon feed. For a family, such a situation is stressful and can lead to internal frustration. Good decision becomes an invitation to a residential caregiver.

Specially trained and stress-resistant employees of "Social Support" permanently live with the elderly person, providing care and helping him. Caregivers understand that the caregiver needs not only diet and medication, but also emotional stability and an overall sense of comfort. Our employees are modest, gentle and pleasant in communication, while they are well-grounded from a medical point of view and do not get lost in cases of unforeseen complications in a sick elderly person.

When care to a loved one provided, the whole family has the opportunity to work and study in peace, from time to time visiting a beloved relative, who is under the sensitive care of a nurse caring for the elderly at home.

Features of caring for retirees at home

Care for the elderly in Moscow and the Moscow region is carried out by the social support agency. There are many nurses on its staff who have knowledge of medicine and psychology, sociology and social pedagogy... An attentive and executive person who knows what an elderly ward needs for the most comfortable stay is next to your close relative around the clock.

Nursing care services for the elderly

A nurse takes care of the elderly in Moscow, takes care of the physical and psychological health of an elderly person, therefore, provides various kinds of services:

• helps the ward to drink and eat;
• puts droppers, enemas, injections, gives medicines;
• conducts exercise therapy classes or does massage;
• helps with natural discharges;
• changes clothes and linens;
• keeps the dwelling clean;
• goes grocery shopping, pays bills;
• calls a doctor, provides first aid in critical conditions;
• communicates, conducts various games on concentration and memory retention.

If you are looking for a nurse to take care of the elderly in Moscow, we recommend contacting the Social Support service. We guarantee that your loved one will be under qualified supervision. In addition, when selecting people for our staff, we are guided not only by their professional skills, but also by human qualities. The wards feel cared for and kindly treated.

Many families are faced with such a problem as caring for the elderly. Beloved parents and grandparents are no longer able to take care of themselves. But it is not always possible to live with them or visit them every day, cook food, clean the apartment. And sometimes it is dangerous to leave an elderly person alone, even for several hours. A caregiver for the elderly can solve the problem.

Decency, knowledge and patience

Some people prefer to use the services of acquaintances or people who are recommended by friends, neighbors, relatives. But, not having enough special knowledge and experience, they cannot always provide qualified assistance to the elderly and establish good relationship with their charges.

Our nurses undergo a rigorous selection process, have extensive work experience, undergo special training, where they learn to control the condition of the wards, what alarming symptoms need to be paid attention to in case of various diseases and how to provide first aid... Many have a medical education and can perform all the necessary manipulations (intravenous and intramuscular injections, droppers, etc.). We offer reasonable prices for elderly care.

Nurse choice

The Valentina patronage center offers assistance in caring for the elderly in different situations... It is important to know who is needed in everyone specific case: a qualified nurse, au pair or companion? Selection criteria and the price of services may vary significantly.

If an elderly person does not require droppers, injections and other medical manipulations, his condition is stable enough, the nurse may not have a medical education. All our employees are proficient in caring for lying patients and first aid, so you can choose an assistant, focusing on her human qualities, hobbies or ability to cook, maintain order in the apartment or have an interesting conversation.

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You can choose assistance in caring for the elderly in Moscow and in the Moscow region with the permanent residence of a nurse, daily or periodic visits for several hours, and work on weekends.

Nursing care services for the elderly

• assistance in performing various hygiene procedures;
• condition monitoring - measurement of blood pressure, pulse rate, etc .;
• adherence to the diet - the nurse will prepare or warm up food, wash the dishes, and, if necessary, feed the ward;
• fulfillment of the attending physician's prescriptions, including various medical manipulations, massage, breathing exercises, physiotherapy exercises. If complex procedures are required, the price of a nurse's services for the elderly is calculated individually;
• housekeeping - washing, cleaning, ironing, buying food and medicine, paying utility bills;
• joint walks, visiting the clinic and other medical institutions;
• care also includes taking care of the organization of leisure - reading, talking, watching and discussing TV programs, etc.

Briefly about us

Employees of the Valentina patronage center take care of the elderly in Moscow and the Moscow region, have an impeccable reputation and numerous positive reviews from their charges. By contacting us, you conclude an agreement not with a nurse, but with our center. And if she needs a day off or sick leave, you don't have to change your plans - we will offer several candidates for replacement.

Do you need elderly care in Moscow? Call us, we will help you draw up a rehabilitation program and find a reliable assistant.

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The elderly and sick people need special care. The time comes when the parents who raised their children already need the help of their sons and daughters. Age and acquired diseases take their toll. Elderly people find it difficult to service themselves, prepare food, go to the store, do the cleaning, and sometimes they do not even have the strength to get dressed.

Relatives and relatives, as a rule, at first take all the worries of caring for the elderly on themselves, but when this continues for months or even years, it would be most reasonable to turn to specialists.

Caring for an elderly person is not easy, it takes a lot of time and dedication. And if working relatives take care of an elderly person, then they simply do not have time for rest and personal life. In this case, the social service for the care of the elderly will come to the rescue.

What is it for the elderly?

Such a service exists in any city, even in provincial towns with a very small population. Social workers carry out It is as follows:

• hygienic care;
• assistance in making medicines and control of the frequency of their reception;
• carrying out medical procedures or accompanying the ward to the place of their implementation;
• purchase of the necessary food and medicine, this is done at the expense of the client;
• preparing food for an elderly person;
• help in taking food (feeding);
• hygienic cleaning and ventilation of the room where the elderly person is;
• washing and ironing of the ward's clothes and bed linen;
• escort for a walk.

This can be done at various levels. You can ask for help for just a few hours to change bedding or bathe an elderly person. But sometimes a 24/7 social worker is required, and that is also possible. In this case, it is assumed that the social worker will live in the ward's territory. Often, social care for an elderly person is carried out by workers with a medical education.

Where is the social service for the elderly located?

How do I find a service that cares for an elderly person? It's very simple - you need to contact your local municipality. You must come in person or call and inform that you need help caring for an elderly person. You will be told what needs to be done to do this.

You will most likely have to answer some questions and fill out required papers so that you can be helped. If a person in need of help turns to the social service and he is not able to go to the municipality on his own, then the employees of this service will pay a visit to his house and help fill out all the necessary documents.

If necessary, social workers will advise relatives on how to deal with elderly people. Sometimes the painful condition of elderly people greatly spoils their character. They become moody and intractable. The main thing here is patience and self-control.

Basic rules for communicating with the elderly

In order for the psychological atmosphere in the family where the elderly relative is not to be disturbed, it is necessary to follow a few simple rules.

1. Avoid criticism, conflict situations and disputes in dealing with an elderly person.
2. If an elderly relative is dissatisfied with something and rebelled, take it calmly. It is necessary to understand - this is a sign that he is feeling bad. Find out the cause of the discomfort.
3. Help your old man talk about the fears that bother him and he will feel better.
4. Always listen to an older person to the end, do not refuse him to communicate. But you shouldn't impose your presence if an elderly relative is tired and wants to rest.
5. If he is not in a mood or a state of resentment, you should not continue the conversation. Stop him gently and promise to come back to the topic later.
6. Slowly, clearly and loudly pronounce the words when talking with an elderly person, they often have difficulty hearing. Treat him with respect.
7. Remember about affection - when talking with an elderly person, sit next to him, take his hand. If he sees and hears poorly, then he needs it in the same way as small children.
8. Sometimes old people need to have their little secrets - it can be a secret place to store money or sweets, memorabilia. Do not forbid them to do this.
9. There is no need to prohibit your elderly relatives from communicating with friends, talking to them on the phone.
10. Accompany old people on a walk.

Why contact a specialist?

Taking good care of an elderly person can help improve their quality of life. Contacting a social service for the care of the elderly will help maintain psychological balance in the family. There is such a job - caring for the elderly. These are specialists in their field who clearly carry out competent care for the elderly. This service has medical professionals and psychologists whose professional help sometimes very necessary.