{"id":2978,"date":"2013-12-01T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hearthsidehome.wpengine.com\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2013-12-01T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T12:00:13","slug":"home-christmastime-tips-peaceful-christmas-addressing-uncovered-journal-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/2013\/12\/01\/home-christmastime-tips-peaceful-christmas-addressing-uncovered-journal-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"At Home at Christmastime, Tips for a Peaceful Christmas, Addressing Needs Uncovered, Journal Entry Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2556\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2010\/07\/Kitchen-Safety.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2556\" alt=\"Christmastime Visits and A List of Things to Pay Attention To with Older Family Members and Friends\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2010\/07\/Kitchen-Safety-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmastime Visits and A List of Things to Pay Attention To with Older Family Members and Friends<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>A List of Things to Pay Attention To (to name a few) During Your Visit with Older Friends and Relatives This Christmas:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0weight loss or gain, body odor,<\/li>\n<li>increased frailty,<\/li>\n<li>unopened mail (especially hand-addressed envelopes),<\/li>\n<li>plants and\/or animals that look unattended or unhealthy,<\/li>\n<li>medications in disarray,<\/li>\n<li>evidence of fire (burnt pot holders),<\/li>\n<li>appliances that are out of order,<\/li>\n<li>clutter of garbage in and around the house,<\/li>\n<li>decreased or no social engagement with neighbors or in the community,<\/li>\n<li>rugs that are torn or frayed,<\/li>\n<li>distraction while going out for a drive,<\/li>\n<li>memory problems &#8212; to name a few &#8212;-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>From What You Have\u00a0Discovered While Visiting Loved Ones At Christmastime &#8211; How to Address it:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s natural &#8211; you are probably going to\u00a0experience resistance\u00a0when confronting a loved one about potential safety and wellness issues you may observe during your Christmastime visit.\u00a0Keep calm and talk things through. It&#8217;s in your best interest and theirs to come up with some solutions\u00a0to keep him or\u00a0her safe.\u00a0If in-home care is what you and they\u00a0have decided after talking things through, contact us.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hearthside Home Care\" href=\"http:\/\/hearthsidehomecare.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hearthside Home Care\u00a0<\/a>offers free care consultations that allow you and your family to\u00a0discuss home care\u00a0options with a home care professional, without\u00a0having to pay for the consultation or committing to services.\u00a0Call us to schedule your free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A List of Things to Pay Attention To (to name a few) During Your Visit with Older Friends and Relatives This Christmas: \u00a0weight loss or gain, body odor, increased frailty, unopened mail (especially hand-addressed envelopes), plants and\/or animals that look unattended or unhealthy, medications in disarray, evidence of fire&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[536,537,538,539,540,541,542,543,68,544,545,546,547,548,549,550,551,552,553],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1blog","tag-addressing-uncovered-needs","tag-appliances-out-of-order","tag-christmastime-visits","tag-clutter-of-garbage","tag-decreased-social-engagement","tag-fire","tag-free-in-home-care-consultations","tag-increased-frailty","tag-loved-ones","tag-medications-out-of-order","tag-memory-problems","tag-older-friends","tag-older-relatives","tag-safety-at-home","tag-safety-issues","tag-unhealthy-plants-and-animals","tag-unopened-mail","tag-weight-loss-or-gain","tag-wellness-issues"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}