Supporting an elderly loved one to maintain an independent lifestyle through way of he or she remaining in the home is pleasant convenience provided by Assisted Living San Antonio.  Assisted living is necessary for those people who have some difficulty with performing some or all daily activities.  Daily activities such as grooming and personal hygiene, getting dressed, cooking, cleaning and laundry are not always easy for an elderly loved one to perform.  Grooming and personal hygiene includes brushing teeth, soaking or cleaning dentures, facial shaving, lotion application, clipping toe and fingernails and female specific hygiene issues like changing menstrual pads or shaving legs and armpits.   A high level of personal hygiene is important to stay healthy.

Assisting elders with oral hygiene is important in preventing germs and sickness. Brushing of the teeth is the first step to a clean mouth and healthy body.  Often elderly people are not able to reach the medicine cabinet to retrieve the toothpaste and the toothbrush.  If he or she is not capable of reaching these items, he or she would be otherwise unable to perform proper oral care.  Soaking, cleaning or putting in dentures is a part of oral care that comes with age sometimes.  Opening denture tablets may be difficult for an elderly loved one with a condition like Arthritis.  An assisted living caregiver will be available in the apartment or home to support the elderly person with things such as this.

Facial shaving is something that elderly men may need assistance to continue.  While the Assisted Living San Antonio caregiver is in the home, the elderly man may feel comfortable to use the razor or made need assistance to reach the razor in a medicine cabinet.  The cap to a shaving crème can pose problematic if the elderly person is not able to use a significant amount of force to pry it open.  Without a caregiver, the elderly person would not be able to maintain the dignity that is associated with maintaining a well groomed face.

Lotion application is important to prevent itchy, dry or irritated skin.  Psoriasis and Eczema require special lotions and these lotions would need to be applied to parts of the body that an elder may not be able to reach to apply the lotion on his or her own.  Not just elderly people with skin conditions need to apply lotion.  Lotion prevents chaffing and chapping which can prevent open sores and keep the elder healthy.

Clipping toenails or fingernails requires bending and stretching that the elder may not be able to do.  Toenails are hard to reach; whether that means pulling legs up on a chair or bending at the waist to reach his or her feet.  He or she may not have the coordination to cut fingernails without injuring himself.  It is important to keep fingernails and toenails free of dirt and germs that can collect under the nails.  Unclipped toenails are very dangerous for people with poor circulation and with diseases like Diabetes.  It is necessary in preventing scratches in the elder’s sleep that can be serious if it were in the eye to keep the nails short and not sharp.

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