Spring cleaning is always a challenge. But for adults with physical limitations, those challenges can be borderline insurmountable. And when day-to-day chores aren’t getting done on a day-to-day basis, living conditions quickly deteriorate.
Dirt and clutter can take a toll on anyone’s mental health. And for people who are already prone to isolation, a disorganized house can feel like something you can’t leave. Or worse still, something you can’t show to others.
Cluttered Homes are Serious Fall Risks
But the worst risk presented by an untidy house is the threat of falls. Tripping, slipping, or falling over while cleaning or trying to put away items, especially heavy or oddly shaped ones—all these scenarios happen to isolated adults, at home, every day.
And as everyone knows, a fall can create an injury that can derail a life, especially for an elderly person.
Senior in-home care and companion services in Bradenton turn all these insurmountable challenges into easily finished spring cleaning tasks. In a matter of weeks, these services provide elderly Floridians with safer, happier, and healthier home environments.
Here are some of the ways Bradenton companion services performing spring cleaning can improve the lives of our clients.
Sorting Through Clutter
The first step in cleaning is usually sorting. If a home hasn’t been cleaned in a while, there might be a buildup of objects with indistinct or obsolete purposes.
Our Bradenton in-home companions help to organize a client’s thoughts and feelings about particular objects in order to come up with a plan for storing some and throwing others away. We also ensure that every object has a place to be safely stored when not in use.
Not only will this process address immediate fall risks, but it can be a great way to connect with an individual and have them share stories and memories from their life.
Cleaning Surfaces
Sticky or slippery floors, or floors that contain hazards like broken glass or other objects, present obvious fall risks and can be swept, mopped, or spot cleaned as needed. An accumulation of dust and other matter on windows, rugs, tables, shelves, etc. can lead to respiratory issues and even pest problems. Plus it’s just unsightly.
Spring cleaning allows for a clean sweep (so to speak) that can brighten a client’s setting as well as their outlook.
Cleaning Dishes and Cookware
Items that are used on a daily basis present a particular risk for a quickly worsening mess. If cleaning and putting things away after one meal is challenging, then remedying a messy kitchen will be overwhelming.
The ultimate goal of a spring cleaning project, with the help of a Bradenton in-home companion, is to return these situations to ones that are more manageable on a daily basis.
Organizing Daily Deliveries
Daily or regular deliveries like mail, newspapers, packages, medications, and even groceries can also become overwhelming quickly. They just don’t stop! Again, the goal of spring cleaning is to remedy the existing buildup while also helping the resident to organize the items that they receive so that the piles don’t just keep growing.
Bradenton In-Home Companion Services Help Create Safe Homes
There are so many ways an in-home companion can help improve the lifestyle and home environment of an elderly person or disabled adult. In the spring cleaning season, we have a chance to address lingering issues that are not only mentally taxing, but that can also present very real fall risks.