Social Support and Companionship To Keep the Aged Members Socially Active, Connected and Independent
Being socially active is directly proportional to maintaining good mental health and well-being. Staying connected with family and friends is fantastic for the aged members can continue with their adored activities, and ABC CARE will help in this regard.
Elderly social support by our care team helps the aged people to indulge in their favourite hobbies, visit their near and dear ones and even try any new social activity. The range of services we are offering will help in stay involved in the community while maintaining independence.
Here are the social support activities we are offering:
- Transportation to a cafe for coffee and for going shopping.
- Regularly finding joy over a coffee and chatting with a familiar face.
- Attending local community events, such as football games, theatre and spiritual activities under the companionship of like-minded people and our staff.
- Keeping them updated by reading out newspapers and books to them in case they are visually impaired.
- Helping them to spend time with friends.
- Enjoying social visits from bilingual carers capable of speaking the native language.
- Staying connected with the local community through transport services to go on shopping trips and other social outings from home.
- Providing them with a company at their homes for their comfort.
- Ensuring they are socially connected with their friends and family.
- Helping them to participate in community engagement activities.
- Assisting in their day trip and excursions involvement, when desired.
We are even organizing a host of activities which include:
- Visit the book clubs and hobby groups
- Men’s sheds
- Visiting markets and going to historical places of interest
- Attending picnics and sausage sizzles
- Outings to films and exhibitions
- Going for day trips
- Attending art and craft groups
- Joining community lunches
Our social support centre has been designed to bring the aged members together and help them to get connected with others. Here, we encourage the members to enjoy themselves in different like music, and art and craft sessions. We assist them with meal preparations and take part in social outings in the community.
The more the aged members maintain social connections, the better their mental health is being promoted. Through pleasant interactions, self-worth feelings are boosted.
By involving in social interactions, the aged members are happy and free from depression and loneliness feelings. With happiness increasing, stress levels start to decrease. It helps the immune system to remain stress-free.
Being active in social life, mobility and fitness increases. Likewise, their lifestyle enhances that leads to maximizing their well-being. In fact, all their activities will be supervised by the carer.
Spending time socially in groups matches each other's interests and it nurtures a trusting bond among them. Regular social support helps in building confidence. Gradually, they can participate in other social activities.
Social support in aged care means the assistance and companionship the older adults get for enhancing their quality of life, well-being and independence emotionally and practically. Even the support workers provide informational support.
Social support is crucial to prevent social isolation, reduce depression, and improve overall health and well-being in older adults. It helps in delaying the onset of dementia and other age-related conditions.
Technology helps in facilitating social interaction through social media platforms, video calls and online communities. Furthermore, these engagements help to combat loneliness and isolation.
There are indicators of successful social support programs, which are increased social participation, improved mental and physical health, reduced loneliness and enhanced quality of life for elderly people.
To evaluate the effectiveness of social support programs, ABC CARE management collects data on participant outcomes, like changes in social isolation, well-being and overall satisfaction.