When one is looking to help a senior, there are all kinds of goods and services available to help them with mobility and a fuller, independent life. While these products are truly helpful, the human touch is still truly the most significant way to lend help for the elderly.

The following four suggestions are ways you can spend more time with the aged person(s) in your life. Time is truly wealth and therefore the gift of time and effort is truly more meaningful than money on its own. Anytime you can see your way to give such a gift you should consider yourself well-off.

One of the things you can do for a senior is to just drop by and chat once in a while. This simple thing carries a lot of impact — it is saying „I care enough about you to just hang out sometimes.“ Nothing profound, just good old sloppy „quantity-time.“

One of the little things that you can do for a senior is to check on them when the weather is nasty. Find out if they have enough supplies to last the storm and offer to help them get what they need. Check to see that the house is secure, and check for emergency candles, flashlights, etc. Arrange for snow removal or to fix drainage/plumbing issues. Promise to check in again and follow up.

When you visit your older friends and loved-ones offer to play cards or an old board game. We can forget how much fun they actually are, and how much social interaction they stimulate.

If there are any minor repairs to be done around the house, volunteer to do them. If the elder is a man he will likely have all the tools you might need right there and be eager to assist you. Anyway, they will be grateful for the repair and your time.

Personal note: I think that professor was right. We are so busy with our lives that even those of us who do not make a great deal of money also seem to have less time. I think those who pay us for our time are getting a sweet deal. We can work very hard for our money, and the very logistics of the job and home and any surplus time themselves take up more time. On the other hand, our aged seem to have fountains of unused time and fewer people to spend it with. The best help for the elderly can come through these little favors and the time we take to do them.

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