Stress-free
Care at Home
Are You Stressed?
We get it, you're stressed. More importantly, we believe that your stress is completely valid. Over the last 30 years, we have encountered countless families, just like you, who are feel like they are getting crushed under the massive weight of caring for a loved one on a full-time basis.
At ACCfamily, we applaud that caring for a loved one is what you are all about. Over the years, when you cared for your loved one in their time(s) of need, you felt a true sense of reward and pleasure in that, as that is what you believe you are called to do. However, as your loved one's care needs increase, that rewarding sense of duty turns to stress and burnout as their care needs quickly become too much for you to handle by yourself. This will leave you in a place of stress, guilt and isolation, and you will find yourself asking, "Will this ever get better?"
Situations of Caregiver Stress
While not universal, stress stemming from being the primary caregiver for a loved one can usually be identified in two different ways: A) Caring as a daughter or B) caring as a spouse.
Caring as Daughter
Most commonly we hear from a daughter or daughter-in-law who carries a lot of stress on their shoulders. First, as a daughter, you have a loved one who is starting to require more help at home. Yet, maybe you live far away from them in a different state. Plus, you have your own commitments to your own family, career, your friends, and doing what you enjoy.
Adding the role of a caregiver for a loved one can be very rewarding at first, but it can also grow to be challenging as your loved one's care needs progress. This, combined with seemingly having to pause things on your side of things, creates a very negative blend of stress and guilt, often resulting in you asking yourself, "Am I doing enough?"
Caring as a Spouse
Being the primary caregiver as a spouse is particularly difficult. You have always cared for your spouse in the best possible ways, such as nursing them back to health when they are ill. But now you are noticing that things don't seem quite right. Maybe your spouse is getting more forgetful. Maybe your spouse had a bad fall and can no longer do things by themself.
Being the primary caregiver for a spouse can be a place of loneliness and isolation. You no longer feel like you have time for yourself, even to take care of routine duties such as shopping for groceries. This can lead you to relying heavily on family members assistance, which might help initially, but will eventually put undue stress and strain on those relationships you hold most dear.
Can an Agency Help?
This is a question we often field from people new to the concept of home care. For some, such as those discharged after a hospital stay, the need is urgent and the benefit quite clear. For others, they feel they only need a bit of assistance but are not sure where to start.
Home care is often the first stop on the senior care journey, but it doesn't have to be just that. Home care services include cooking, cleaning, bathing, transportation to appointments, and so much more. We find that home care services empowers seniors to stay in their home for as long as they want to do so.
Over 30 Years of Stress Reduction
We get the strain you have been under. Caring for a loved one can be one of the most rewarding things in life, but it can also be the hardest. Our agency strives to take away the stress and strain you have felt for many years by providing safe and reliable care at home for your loved one. Since we started in 1994, our agency has provided stress-free home care to thousands of people across our area.
Our core care team is made up of a group of devoted individuals who share a combined total of 75+ years working in the home care sector. From focusing on delivering better care outcomes, developing service delivery innovations to meet your needs, all the way down to helping maximize your loved one's LTC plan, our team has one mission: to help reduce your stress.
Can I Trust ACCfamily's Caregivers?
Trust and stress are directly linked. If you can't trust that your loved ones are able to look after themselves, then you inevitably feel stress. The same goes for when hiring professional help: if you can't trust your loved one's caregiver, then you will be stressed about many things. At ACCfamily, we go beyond just finding competent caregivers, as we try and find those that embody our caring ethos guided by our core principles to Love & Serve our clients and their families.
Contact us
Want to reduce your stress today? Contact us by calling 703-549-7894 or fill out this form below: