In-Home Care Wellness Tips for Seniors in Largo, MD and Nearby Communities

Now is a better time than any to ensure that the safety and well-being of your elderly loved one is intact. With COVID-19 running rampant across the world, it’s more important than ever to know how this virus spreads, its symptoms, and how to prevent from contracting it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this COVID-19 can spread in multiple ways:

1. Person-to-Person Contact – the easiest way it spreads is from touching, sneezing, coughing, and being in close distances to people.
2. Surfaces Contact - it has been found that COVID-19 lasts for multiple hours on surfaces like copper, up to 24-hours on surfaces like cardboard, and two to three days on surfaces like plastic and stainless steel.
3. Airborne Contact - this disease can last for up to three hours in the air.

Visiting Angels of Largo Offers In-Home Care Options to Keep Seniors Safe During COVID-19

Visiting Angels of Largo has been keeping up with the CDC’s updates and guidelines to keep people safe and healthy. The best way to avoid spreading this virus is to stay at home, so we have enhanced our in-home care to help keep our clients safe.

• We are keeping a close eye on clients to look for any changes in health, specifically fever, difficulty breathing, chest pain, dry cough, and confusion.
• Caregivers can assist seniors with hygiene tasks like bathing, washing hands, brushing teeth, and grooming.
• Our home health aides will run errands, buy groceries, and pick up prescriptions so your loved one can stay safe at home while still getting the necessities they need.
• Our in-home care providers can assist your loved one with light housekeeping* to help ensure that high contact areas like surfaces, handrails, and doorknobs are disinfected.

Learn More Today

To learn how Visiting Angels of Largo can help keep your loved one safe at home during this pandemic, please contact our in-home care agency today. We would be happy to discuss this more in detail with you and answer any questions you may have about our elder care services.

*Light housekeeping is limited and does not include moving of any heavy objects, please contact our office to learn more.