Keeping Your Loved Ones Safe During a Day at the Beach

Home Care in Alexandria VA

If your multigenerational home care journey is going to be bringing you to the beach this summer, it is important that you take the time to prepare yourself, your children, and your aging parent to ensure that everyone stays safe. The beach can be a fun and stimulating environment ideal for pursuing care goals of mental activity, physical exercise, and emotional health, but it can also pose hazards. Understanding these hazards and preparing to address them will help to make the experience more fun and beneficial, and less stressful.

Use these tips to help you keep your loved ones safe during a day at the beach:

• Be familiar with the water conditions. Check the water conditions before you head out so that you will know about issues such as hide tides, high waves, or weather or contamination advisories. Knowing about this ahead of time can help you to make an informed decision about your visit or further prepare for the risks. For example, if the waves are high, you may still visit the beach but make it known that no one is to go further into the water than their ankle height.
• Wear proper footwear. Flip flops may be fashionable, but they can also play an important role when visiting the beach. These simple shoes provide protection against the heat of the sand as well as any hidden dangers such as shells that may cause injury. For even better protection, encourage your family to wear water shoes when visiting the beach. This will enable them to keep their feet protected even when they are heading into the water.
• Choose bright colors. Brightly colored swimwear is eye catching, and that is an extremely good thing for keeping your family safe. If your loved ones are wearing bright colored bathing suits or accessories, you can more easily keep an eye on them, and they will be more easily visible in the event that they are in danger in the water.
• Offer supervision. Everyone wants to have fun during their visit, but make sure that you are also providing ample supervision for everyone at the beach. Waves can become strong very quickly and it is easy for someone who is not entirely confident with swimming to go out too far and get into a potentially dangerous situation. Consider bringing along your parent’s in home health care services provider for the experience. This will ensure that there is an extra set of hands and eyes for your parent. That way you can know that they are getting the care and assistance that they need while you are also paying attention to your children. This can be especially beneficial for issues such as bringing your senior to the restroom during the day or going back to the hotel for a break if your parent gets tired but the rest of your family is not ready to leave the beach quite yet.

If you or an aging loved one are considering home care in Alexandria, VA, call the caring staff at Medical Professionals On Call today. 703-273-8818

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Michelle DeFilippis

I graduated with a BS degree and had been selling medical equipment to hospitals, clinics and technicians. More recently, a family member was diagnosed with dementia and we, as a family, realized we were not prepared t care for her. We were thrown into that whirlpool of hospital stays, 24/7 live-in care, skilled care, caring for mom ourselves and finally, now daily home care. This was such a stressful time that I started thinking there had to be other people, other families as overwhelmed and unprepared as we were.

Medical Professionals On Call has such a caring, professional staff who are available to step in with whatever level of care necessary for loved ones and to relieve you of that stress.

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