The president of Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita is talking about a service he noted many families don’t realize is available in a time of need: “hospital sitting.”

When a senior has an illness or injury that requires a hospital stay, family members often take turns staying at their loved one’s bedside around the clock, but Myles McNamara pointed out that Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita can help. 

“We can actually sit at their bedside,” he explained. “We can’t do the hospital’s job, but we can be that other set of eyes and ears.”

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Similar to what an adult child would do at the senior’s bedside, a Comfort Keeper can be there to make sure the senior is comfortable, has extra help eating or drinking and has a soothing companion if they become confused or upset.

In addition, if urgent or non-urgent medical assistance alike is needed, a Comfort Keeper can be the first one to press the button to call for help from the healthcare team, according to McNamara. 

Then when it’s time for the senior to be discharged from the hospital, Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita can provide the non-medical help needed with activities of daily living so the senior can safely return home. 

However, McNamara encouraged seniors and adult children to enlist the help of Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita before an incident that results in a hospital stay, such as a slip-and-fall, mismanagement of medication or dehydration. 

“I get a lot of, ‘Well, we don’t need you yet,’” McNamara said. “We can react, we can come to you when Mom’s broken a hip or Dad’s fallen and hit his head, but let’s prevent that. Let’s be proactive and get in there and make sure that they’re taking their medications on time, that we’re helping them in and out of the shower so they don’t slip and have that head trauma.”

McNamara continued, “(There’s) that old cliche — an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Ed. Note: This article is a KHTS Community Spotlight story based on a recent radio interview with Comfort Keepers Home Care Santa Clarita.

Comfort Keepers Home Care first opened in Santa Clarita in 2001 with the vision of helping seniors age with dignity and independence in their own homes. If you are in search of a trusted and experienced in home caregiver, Santa Clarita seniors and their families need look no further than Comfort Keepers Home Care, Santa Clarita.  With a full range of senior care options that can be tailored to meet each individual’s elder care needs, Comfort Keepers Home Care offers quality home care services Santa Clarita seniors can trust to help them achieve the highest level of quality of life.

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