Social
Care
Social care is important because it’s not enough to just live independently at home. You should also enjoy it.
We understand social isolation is a growing problem amongst older adults and if not addressed can contribute to a deterioration in overall health. While the personal/physical care tasks take priority, we believe that there is time in each visit that can be allocated to social engagement.
Staying active, maintaining social connections, and continuing to enjoy favorite activities and hobbies promotes confidence, independence and creates feelings of engagement and joy. Focusing on mental health is as important as personal and physical care older adults receive.
Carius believes in taking a holistic approach to delivering home care services which also includes caring for our client’s mental and emotional health in the form of social care. Social care is a focus on engaging in activities that our client enjoys with the goal of creating engagement, confidence and happiness.
We have built social care into all our care programs to promote social connectivity and engagement with the goal of improving health outcomes and the well-being of our clients. As part of our care assessment, we will seek to discover what activities, hobbies and interests our client enjoys doing i.e. music, games, reading, art/crafting, cooking/baking, pet therapy, active learning. We then design engaging activities that become part of the care plan and incorporated into your care visits.