If your loved one has multiple health conditions, she is not alone. In the United States, four out of five seniors have more than one serious health condition, and many of them rely on family caregivers to help them manage their conditions, including doctor visits, medication, treatment, and diet.
It can seem overwhelming to try to manage all those conditions while ensuring your loved one receives the proper care, but there are steps you can take to help you get the information you need to provide the best care. Those steps begin with attending healthcare appointments with your loved one and considering care management services.
Five Tips for Talking with Your Loved One’s Healthcare Provider
- Ensure each health provider has all the information on her other conditions. Without all of the information, healthcare providers cannot make the best recommendations. Get it all in writing if possible, or have your loved one agree to have them send information back and forth as needed.
- Ask for all of the care options. It might be overwhelming at first, but knowing all of the options is important. Remember to ask how each option will not only affect the condition they are treating but her other conditions as well.
- Make sure the healthcare providers understand your loved one’s desires as far as the help she wants to receive. If your loved one doesn’t want to receive a specific treatment, make that clear so the providers can look for other solutions.
- Ask about both the benefits and risks of each treatment. Understanding the pros and cons of each treatment will help you decide which option is best for your loved one.
- Speak up right away if a new treatment isn’t working or is causing unpleasant side effects so adjustments can be made right away.
How to Know if a Care Management Provider Can Help
Many caregivers who accepted the role of caregiver for their elderly loved ones didn’t realize at the time how serious their loved one’s health issues were, or those health issues have since become more serious and complicated, making the care of their loved one harder than ever.
If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, worried, or frustrated at having to keep up with changing care procedures or new developments in treatment, you might find that a care management provider can help both you and your loved one find the relief you need for her to receive the best care she can. Care management providers can step into the situation and review all the care options, helping you pick the best care for your loved one and understand what all the options are.
By knowing what is offered in your community, who provides what options, and what the costs are for each service, a care management provider can give the information to you in a clear, concise manner so you and your loved one can move forward with the proper care of all of her health conditions knowing she is receiving what is best for her. Then, you can continue with all of the other essential tasks of caregiving, such as providing emotional support, helping around the home, and being there when she needs you.
If you or an aging loved one are considering Care Management in Cudahy, WI, please contact the caring staff at Talem Home Care & Placement Services today. Call (414) 206-2090
At Talem Home Care of Milwaukee, we provide passionate, understanding, and flexible caregivers in Brookfield, Cudahy, Delafield, Franklin, Greendale, Greenfield, Hales Corners, Milwaukee, Mukwonago, Muskego, New Berlin, Oak Creek, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, Shorewood, South Milwaukee, Waukesha, Wauwatosa, West Allis and surrounding areas in Wisconsin.
Sources:
- How Home Care Helps Seniors With Vision Challenges Live Independently - February 20, 2025
- Five Tips to Managing Multiple Health Conditions in Your Senior - February 6, 2025
- Making the Bedroom Better for Sleep - January 17, 2025
