{"id":2221,"date":"2024-10-21T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:01:46","slug":"personal-care-for-a-bedridden-loved-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/2024\/10\/21\/personal-care-for-a-bedridden-loved-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Care for a Bedridden Loved One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Caring for a loved one who has mobility restrictions or is completely bedridden can mean you get used to having to do a lot for them. It\u2019s part of the care you give, but sometimes you might come across care needs that you don\u2019t feel qualified to do, including many non-medical care needs. So who do you get to come into your home and perform these personal care needs? A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home- healthcare-denver-southwest\/home-care-services\/personal-care\/\"> personal care at home<\/a> provider may be the perfect solution to help you care for your loved one.<br><strong>Home Care Professionals Provide Personal Care at Home<\/strong><br>Your loved one might be temporarily bedridden, or she might have a chronic health condition that has made her permanently unable to be mobile. Either way, even if your loved one isn\u2019t attending an event or going out running errands, she still has personal care needs. Some of them you might be able to help with, but you might also need assistance for some, or you might simply want to be able to have assistance in specific areas so that you can focus on other areas of care for your loved one. Having a personal care at home provider as a member of your care team for your loved one might be the perfect answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/10\/bigstock-Senior-Woman-Sleeping-In-Her-B-476667579-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2222\" style=\"width:967px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/10\/bigstock-Senior-Woman-Sleeping-In-Her-B-476667579-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/10\/bigstock-Senior-Woman-Sleeping-In-Her-B-476667579-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/10\/bigstock-Senior-Woman-Sleeping-In-Her-B-476667579-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/10\/bigstock-Senior-Woman-Sleeping-In-Her-B-476667579-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/10\/bigstock-Senior-Woman-Sleeping-In-Her-B-476667579.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Three Areas a Personal Care at Home Provider Might Help With<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bathing<br>Your loved one might not feel comfortable with you assisting her in bathing. It could be because of modesty or feeling uncomfortable with having you fulfill that role. But if she is unable to bathe safely on her own, you\u2019ll need to find assistance. A personal care at home provider might be the perfect answer for your loved one. They can help with sponge baths if needed, getting in and out of the tub, or assistance in the shower.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hair Care<br>Hair continues to grow and your bedridden loved one might need to have it cut and styled. Being unable to head out to a salon can be frustrating for seniors who like to<br>look a certain way.. The great news is that she can get her hair taken care of at home. For a full styling and new haircut, you might want to ask a trained hair stylist to come to the home to professionally cut her hair. For other hair care needs, a professional who provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home- healthcare-denver-southwest\/home-care-services\/personal-care\/\">personal care at home<\/a> can help with shampooing, brushing, and styling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nail Care<br>Like hair, nails keep growing and need to be maintained. The big difference is that nails should receive weekly care whereas the hair can go weeks or months without a trim. If it makes you nervous to try to trim your loved one\u2019s nails or clean underneath them, a personal care at home provider can help by making weekly nail care visits for both the finger and toe nails. Personal care at home providers are trained to safely trim and clean nails, making sure your loved one not only looks good but that her nail beds are free from injury or dirt.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Having help with some personal care items while you provide care for your loved one will free you up to spend more time doing the things you love with your family member. If you or an aging loved one are considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home- healthcare-denver-southwest\/home-care-services\/personal-care\/\">personal care at home<\/a> in Denver, CO please contact the caring staff at FirstLight Home Care of Central Denver today at (303) 953-9575. FirstLight Home Care of Central Denver provides exceptional home care for seniors in Denver, Littleton, Westminster, Wheat Ridge, Arvada, Lakewood, Golden, Centennial, Greenwood Village, Aurora and surrounding areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caring for a loved one who has mobility restrictions or is completely bedridden can mean you get used to having to do a lot for them. It\u2019s part of the care you give, but sometimes you might come across care needs that you don\u2019t feel qualified to do, including many&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,6,28],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-co","tag-denver","tag-personal-care-at-home"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-denver-southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}