At Visiting Angels, we have the knowledge and experience to assist seniors in Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, Republic, Branson, Hollister, and surrounding areas in MO in managing chronic diseases through high-quality personal home care services. While helping your loved ones maintain their freedom, our caregivers may also provide the critical support they require to make managing chronic illnesses and conditions a little bit less complicated.

Call 417-863-8006 to learn more about chronic illness support from Visiting Angels of Springfield!

What Families in Springfield, MO and Nearby Areas Should Know: How Chronic Illnesses Impact Seniors and How Personal Home Care Can Help with Managing Symptoms

Before looking into options for chronic illness support in Springfield and surrounding areas, it's important to understand how chronic illnesses can affect the lives of older adults. Visiting Angels can help you understand what chronic conditions seniors often live with and how our personal home care services can help them manage their symptoms and maintain their independence.

What Are the Characteristics of Chronic Illnesses?

Chronic illnesses require medical attention for over a year. These illnesses can substantially impact an individual's quality of life and make doing everyday duties even more difficult. Arthritis, asthma, respiratory ailments, diabetes, heart disease, various types of cancer, osteoporosis, and dementia are some example of chronic illnesses that are common among seniors in Springfield and nearby areas. Depending on the severity of the chronic condition, standard personal home care services may not be sufficient to allow a loved one to live out their golden years in the comfort of their own home.

How Personal Home Care from Visiting Angels of Springfield Can Help Seniors with Chronic Illnesses

When an older loved one develops an age-related chronic illness, it can be challenging for family caregivers to provide the necessary care to allow them to remain in their home as long as possible. Moving a loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility, on the other hand, may seem like a good option at first, but it can be terrible for your loved one if they still value their freedom despite chronic problems. Your family member can receive the care they require in the comfort and familiarity of their own home through the chronic illness support services provided by Visiting Angels of Springfield.

Our personal home care services are tailored to the specific needs of every client in Springfield and nearby areas. For those suffering from chronic illnesses, this means that they will receive the care they require to be secure and comfortable in their own homes and manage their symptoms. Even though our caregivers provide essential personal care, their assistance in improving the quality of life of seniors suffering from chronic illnesses is still required.

Some of the several ways in which our personal home care services can help seniors with chronic illnesses include:

• Meal preparation and planning
• Light household tasks such as vacuuming, dusting, sweeping
• Bathing, shaving, and dressing assistance are provided
• Assistance with toileting and incontinence care
• Reminders to take medication
• Assistance with mobility
• Transportation to and from doctor's appointments, pharmacies, supermarkets, and other destinations
• Companionship 
• Memory care for the elderly suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease
• Palliative care
• Fall prevention
• Post-hospital transitional care
• Overnight care

Visiting Angels of Springfield’s Personal Care Mission

In our mission here at Visiting Angels of Springfield, we hope to improve the amount of "good days" your loved one has while simultaneously decreasing the likelihood of health issues. Since we first opened our doors in 2012, we've been committed to making every effort to ensure that the senior care professionals we choose have the appropriate qualifications and character to join our team. You can rest certain that your loved one will be in skilled and compassionate hands when you choose personal home care from Visiting Angels.

Please contact our Springfield, MO office if you would like to learn more about how our approach to chronic illness support can make life at home simpler for your loved one.