The other day my friend told me about a coworker who's mother suffered from a fall at home. My friend wanted to know what advice I would give her coworker related to getting in-home medical care for his mother. As it turned out, his mother suffered a broken elbow and a broken hip and will require months of rehab before she is back on her feet. As my friend and I were talking I said to her, "Wouldn't it have been nice if your co-worker's mom had the help she needed at home before she got hurt?" My friend just said, "Yes, but hindsight is always 20/20."
While that may be the case, her co-worker's mother is still laid up and will wind up spending a great deal of time and money getting back to where she was before she fell. It's likely an ounce of prevention would have gone a long way to keeping her on her feet and I am positive it would have been less expensive. This notion seems easy to understand when it comes to pulling preventative maintenance on things like our vehicles, lawn mowers, and outboard motors. Why does it seem to escape us when the same notion applies to our bodies?
It's not hard for me to understand that Americans are a proud group of folks; we're not accustom to relying on someone else for our daily needs. Baby boomers literally built this country from the ground up and have endured a great deal of tumult in their collective lives. This is why the most difficult message to land is that if you wait until you need help you've probably waited too long to ask for help. If you have read this post and are thinking about someone you know that could use some help around the house please let them know our agency is here to help. Better yet, give them our phone number and tell them to call us. We'll take it from there.
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