Companion Care in Omaha

Whether you are seeking companionship or need an additional layer of personal care, we have a Comfort Keeper who is here to help. Together, we will create a care plan that covers everything you need. Plans could include any of these services:

Companionship: Uplifting Care and Friendship for Your Loved One

At Comfort Keepers, we understand the incredible effects that socialization and companionship can have on seniors' mental health and well-being. Opportunities to engage with others and grow relationships with friends, family, neighbors, and community members can help improve symptoms of depression, ease feelings of senior isolation and loneliness, and even reduce the risk of dementia.

By spending time with our caregivers, your loved one not only has someone at the ready to help around the house or help prepare a meal, but they also have a friend who offers social connection and a companion who can help them get back to doing the things that bring them joy.

What Is Companion Care?

Companion care, or companionship, provides emotional support, friendship, and socialization. Common home companion care activities include:

• Conversation and mental stimulation, such as playing games or listening to music
• Meal prep and time spent together over breakfast, lunch, or dinner
• Light activity, such as a walk or time spent outside
• Laundry and light housekeeping
• Grocery shopping and errands
• Transportation to and from appointments and social events
• Reminders for personal care and grooming
• Medication reminders

At Comfort Keepers, we focus on activities that bring joy, provide mental stimulation, and encourage physical and emotional wellbeing. Our caregivers are in regular communication with a client’s loved ones to share progress, answer questions, and simply check in when providing companion care.

How Comfort Keepers Can Help

Our caregivers are trained and skilled in a broad range of care services that support home companion care and senior mental health. This includes:

Nutrition and Meal Prep
Our caregivers can provide assistance with grocery shopping and meal preparation and support physician-prescribed nutrition and diet plans. Diet impacts overall well-being in a big way and decreases the likelihood of many common health conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Whether someone is seeking help following a special diet or looking for companionship in the kitchen, our caregivers can provide the assistance necessary for wholesome at-home meals. Our goal is to make mealtime both healthy and enjoyable.

Conversation and Companionship
Studies show that seniors who stay socially engaged enjoy an improved quality of life compared to their solitary counterparts. They also have a lower tendency to develop depression and general cognitive decline. Our caregivers provide seniors with conversations, mealtime companionship, and camaraderie during their favorite activities. Completing tasks together helps clients and caregivers form lasting, meaningful relationships.

Laundry and Light Housekeeping
Our caregivers can take care of all laundry needs in the home or at a nearby laundromat. These services can include washing, drying, ironing, and putting clean laundry away. Light housekeeping services include vacuuming, dusting, sweeping, mopping, cleaning bathrooms (sinks, tubs, showers, and toilets), cleaning kitchens (sinks, appliances, counters, and taking out the trash), straightening all rooms, organizing closets and drawers, and cleaning any interior windows reachable without a ladder.

Grocery Shopping and Errands
Comfort Keepers' care services can include grocery shopping, prescription pick-up, or other errands in the custom care plan to assist those who prefer not to or can’t leave their homes.

Transportation
We provide transportation services to help those who need assistance getting home after a hospital stay or need a ride to and from important appointments.

Medication Reminders
Caregivers can help ensure clients take their medication as prescribed by providing medication reminders. They can open medication containers, read care plans and prescription labels, and remind the client when it is time for the next dose.

Comfort Keepers develops custom care plans that include physical safety and well-being, emotional health, and socialization. Our goal is to help our clients have the best quality of life while maintaining their independence at home.

Personal Care: Assistance Completing a Variety of Daily Tasks

For seniors who want to live independently at home but find that daily activities and tasks present difficulty as they age, our experienced caregivers can assist with personal care such as bathing, mobility assistance, grooming, and more.

What is Personal Care?

Personal care is a broad term that supports basic personal hygiene and activities of daily living, including dressing, grooming, and toileting. Comfort Keepers’ trained caregivers assist with personal care needs ranging from stand-by assistance to full care, depending on each client’s individual needs.

Personal care can include basic tasks such as bathing, mobility assistance, incontinence and toileting care, and preparing and serving meals. It also includes more hands-on personal care, including position changes for those clients who are bedbound, specialized care for those with memory issues or cognitive impairments, fall risk assessment and prevention, and change in condition monitoring.

Personal home care services can also assist with outings, social events, shopping trips, and other activities of interest to maintain physical and emotional engagement.

How Comfort Keepers Can Help

Comfort Keepers can develop a custom care plan for your loved one that includes physical safety and well-being, emotional health, and socialization. Our goal is to help our clients have the best quality of life while maintaining their independence at home.

Bathing and Hygiene

Comfort Keepers’ goal is to assist our clients with their personal care routines so they can look and feel their best. Studies show undeniable benefits for seniors’ self-esteem and emotional fitness to have regular hygiene and grooming. We are here to help clients who fear falling while bathing or have limitations that make grooming tasks difficult.

These tasks may include:

• Showering and bathing
• Getting dressed, including shoes and accessories (belt, watch, jewelry, etc.)
• Brushing teeth or dentures
• Styling and brushing hair
• Makeup application
• Shaving with an electric razor

With something like bathing, consistency is important — being able to bathe regularly is essential to staying healthy. Health issues can be caused by a failure to wash frequently enough, but for seniors, bathing is a task that gets harder as the years pass.

Fall Prevention and Mobility Assistance

Avoid unnecessary risks in the bathroom and around the house. Bathroom features are not always designed with seniors in mind and can be a fall risk. This is especially true for surfaces that may be wet and slippery after a bath or shower. Reducing falls in the home is one of the top safety concerns that seniors and their families face.

Our caregivers greatly reduce this risk by providing mobile assistance inside the home and helping to keep the home safe from fall risks. There are many benefits to having extra hands for mobility assistance around the house, including:

• Less risk with trained help and a steady arm
• Less temptation to skip out on housekeeping tasks or personal hygiene
• Help with chores
• Comfort in having someone to talk to and socialize with.

Transferring and Positioning

As we age, moving around the house can get more difficult. One of our top priorities is helping our clients move around their homes comfortably. This may include getting in and out of bed, chairs, and wheelchairs.

Proper transferring and positioning can contribute to reducing bedsore risks. This also helps reduce muscle atrophy while encouraging proper breathing and digestion. It can also lower the risk of falls and injuries.

Toileting and Incontinence Care

We understand the sensitive nature of toileting and incontinence care for our clients. Our caregivers offer compassionate, dignified help with these personal aspects of daily living.

A big part of dealing with incontinence care is simply remaining clean and comfortable. Incontinence can be a difficult issue for a senior to discuss. If the senior or a loved one is not willing to ask for help, hygiene issues can arise and may compound over time.

At Comfort Keepers, we can provide a senior incontinence care plan and help with daily hygiene. By building a trusted relationship, our caregivers can help your loved ones in the comfort of their home. A big part of dealing with incontinence care is simply remaining clean and comfortable.

Senior Nutrition & Meal Prep

Our caregivers can support physician-prescribed nutrition and diet plans. We also provide assistance with grocery shopping and meal preparation that meets nutritional needs or accommodates special dietary restrictions.

It is not uncommon for seniors to be on a restricted diet. A doctor or a nutritionist may include special dietary needs in a wellness plan, which can include limits on what can be consumed or in what quantities. Common situations include:

• Different medications can have food restrictions or sensitivities associated with them, and physician-created nutrition plans typically account for these sensitivities. Timing of medication doses can be a critical part of a care plan. This can be a concern, especially if a senior is dealing with physical limitations or memory loss.
• Proper nutrition can be an issue for seniors living alone. Moving around the kitchen and lifting pots and pans may be harder than it once was, and as a result, healthier home-cooked meals are challenging. Instead, those meals may be substituted with fast food, packaged food, or simply less calorie consumption. It's especially important for the elderly to consume enough calories and the right nutrients to avoid obesity, excessive weight loss, and dehydration.
• Dehydration can lead to a number of serious problems if left unchecked. It continues to be one of the most frequent causes of hospitalization among older adults. Eight 8-ounce glasses are generally considered the standard for proper daily intake, but more may be needed depending on prescribed medications or health conditions.

Whether someone is seeking help following a special diet or looking for companionship in the kitchen, our caregivers can provide the assistance necessary for wholesome at-home meals. Our goal is to make mealtime both healthy and enjoyable.

Our uplifting personal care services can also include:

• Care for those with memory issues or cognitive impairments
• Medication reminders and management
• Assisting with errands or transportation to appointments
• Support for physician-prescribed exercise programs
• Change in condition monitoring
• Fall risk assessment and assistance with fall prevention

We strive to provide the highest quality of care. If you or a loved one could benefit from companionship, personal care, or any of our specialized services, we would love to talk to you today.