You may already be familiar with how you will do things if your elderly loved one gets COVID-19 or if you get it and need help taking care of your elderly loved one. However, there may be some home quarantine plan changes that you may need to implement. The guidelines have changed over time as professionals learn more about COVID. However, it is always best to be on the safe side and be as prepared as possible. These are guidelines for companion care a home providers that your senior is using too.

Plan for Extra Days

You may have a home quarantine plan in place for 5 to 10 days at this point for your elderly loved one. However, it may be best to plan for 7 to 14 days or even a bit longer. There are many people who get COVID who are sick for quite some time. This is happening a lot with senior citizens. So, it may be best to plan for these extra days just in case you need to hire companion care at home providers or get extra help elsewhere in taking care of your elderly loved one.

Being Stocked Up

If you have already planned on what you will do if your elderly loved one gets sick, this may include not going to their house until they are out of quarantine. However, if that is the case, it is crucial they have enough food and other household products stocked up for up to that 2 week mark. If you can’t go over to their house for longer than that for any reason, you or a companion care at home provider could always drop stuff off at their door or have groceries delivered to their house.

Cleaning Products are a Must

Another thing that you may need to plan for is that the local store may be out of cleaning products, at least the ones that your elderly loved one needs. In order to plan for this, it may be a good idea to place an order to a store online and have the products shipped to your elderly loved one’s home. Even after they are out of quarantine, it would be a good idea for you and/or the companion care at home providers to help them disinfect their home. Antibacterial wipes, disinfectant cleaning products, and tissues are a great idea.

Companion Care at Home Aides can Step in for Sick Family Caregivers

Everyone has some idea of what they will do if they or a loved one gets sick with COVID. However, it is still always best to be more prepared than to not be prepared enough. Not everyone experiences the same symptoms and the symptoms don’t last the same amount of time for everyone either. It is best to be more prepared, so that your elderly loved one is well taken care of throughout the time that they need to quarantine. If you need to quarantine, you can have companion care at home providers take over until you are feeling better.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/aging/covid19-guidance.html

If you are considering Companion Care at Home Services in Mansfield OH, call the caring staff at Central Star Home Health at (419) 610-2161.  Providing services for families in Mansfield, Lexington, Bellville, Crestline, Galion, Shelby, Ashland, Ontario and the surrounding areas.

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Stephen Sternbach

CEO at Central Star Home Health Services

With over 35 years of experience, Stephen Sternbach has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Star Multi Care Services since 1987. After the sale of the New York and New Jersey operations of Star Multi Care Services, Sternbach brought the company private where he remains President and CEO of this 40-million dollar company. With Sternbach at the helm, Star Multi Care Services employs more than 650 employees, in six offices throughout Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

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