Relationships Breed Success
The relationship between the care giver and the client is the key to a successful experience. A Seniors’ Choice at Home care giver had been taking a client for medical appointments at the request of her guardian. After the appointments the client would refuse to doing anything social and would just want to go home. It took a while, but soon she was willing to stop for some lunch when the care giver suggested it. After a few months of the care giver suggesting some fun things to do (like spending a few hours at a local conservatory,) the client began to ask about doing some things. This is so amazing because the client clearly has some significant memory loss issues, and seemed totally unable to initiate activities. This week, at the client’s request (and always with the OK of the guardian,) the “friends” took a trip down the River Road in Minnesota to look at the leaves and to visit Red Wing. They had some lunch there, people-watched, and checked out a few shops. On the way home, the client said she thought she might like to take a little trip to Duluth some time!
The guardian was so pleased to hear how much her client had come to enjoy her time with the caregiver. She went on to say that if the caregiver sees that going out a second day each week would be in order, that it would be fine.
It took a while, but having the continuity of the same care giver each week helped the relationship build and stimulated the client to begin suggesting outings. In our business we are always so pleased to see a client maintain his or her status, but when these miraculous positive changes occur, it just makes us elated!
Seniors’ Choice at Home is a non-medical home care serviced serving the 7 counties around the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Our care givers are amazing!!! Check out our website at www.seniorschoicemn.com or call me at 763-546-1599 for more information.
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