The in home care provider of today realizes that there is much more they can do to support your parent’s daily life.
For many seniors, especially in the past, families, as well as medical staffs, assumed that personal care was of the utmost importance for the aging population. However, times have changed, and as our aging population has grown, living longer, the focus on engagement in life and the art of expression has advanced.
Art enables older adults like your mom or dad to engage in life, improve their health, and express themselves when words may be difficult. The in home care provider shares that the goal behind involving the elderly in the arts allows stimulation to the brain, using their hands, and adding a new spirit to what may be another ordinary day.
For some seniors, participating in the arts may be listening to music and sharing their experience by attending a concert, or even listening to recorded music in a group setting. Not only does this allow for your parent to enjoy the music that has a therapeutic effect on endorphins that send calming and happiness internally, mom or dad also has an opportunity to engage with other like-minded people. Music is also used therapeutically to create through imagination.
The in home care provider may be experienced in music therapy that influences your parent to draw, paint, write or create their own beauty. Eventually, spring and summer will be here in Dayton, OH and with that comes the influence of flowers and greenery, allowing your mom or dad to dig in their garden creating an artistic space. Art stimulates, and it is all about expression and creating an image of beauty as seen by the individual. Personal expression is one of the best medicines the in home care provider can encouragingly provide.
