89% of Over 75s Emphasise Staying Active: How Home Instead North Bristol Helps
Discover how Home Instead Bristol North supports active ageing through tailored home care and companionship services.
Maintaining an active lifestyle is important for healthy ageing. Recent research from Home Instead, “The New Ageing Index,” highlights that respondents emphasised the importance of staying active as they age. At Home Instead North Bristol, we are committed to supporting this goal through our tailored home care services.
Research shows that we want to stay active as we age
As we age, older adults are increasingly wanting to maintain an active and fulfilling lifestyle. In fact, recent research from Home Instead UK, “The New Ageing Index,” reveals that 89% of over 75s emphasise the need to stay active as we grow older.
Additionally, 66% of respondents of all ages endorse diet and exercise as crucial for staying youthful, and 58% express frustration at the lack of encouragement for older people to participate in sports.
The findings of “The New Ageing Index” highlight a clear desire among older adults to remain active and engaged. However, as we get older, we can often benefit from additional support in order to achieve this goal. A visiting Care Professional can play a pivotal role in enabling older adults to continue leading active lives, offering assistance that ranges from physical activity to community engagement.
A client’s story: Volunteering, badminton and horses
At Home Instead Bristol North, our team is dedicated to promoting healthy ageing by providing home care services that can support getting out and about, and an active lifestyle. Our holistic approach supports clients in staying physically and mentally active, enabling independence, continuation of hobbies, pastimes and community engagement.
We currently support a client, J, to attend two volunteering shifts at a local charity shop each week which enables her to remain active in the community, promoting her independence and supporting her values of giving back to others.
We also support her, in visiting a local horse riding centre where she, alongside her regular Care Professional, takes care of the ponies for a morning.
Our Care Professional often walks with J and her beloved dog during our home care visits, and we support her to organise additional activities such as playing badminton with her friends.
This approach underpins J’s desire to remain physically active and mentally stimulated, and through home care and companionship visits we can maintain activities that enhance J’s overall well-being.
How home care can support continuation of an active and independent lifestyle
Companionship and home care services are available from Home Instead Bristol North, where Care Professionals are matched with clients to ensure a supportive and engaging environment.
Home Instead Bristol North offers both visiting home care and live-in care options. Live-in care provides a unique opportunity for clients to continue living in their homes, adhering to their preferred routines while engaging in their favourite activities.
Claire, our Live-In Care Manager, shares her perspective: “Live-in care is a godsend for some people. Instead of moving into a care home, they can continue living in the place they love best, live by their preferred routine, and carry on attending the activity groups they love. It’s like having a friend moving in with you who not only provides care but also shares your favourite pastimes with you.”
Challenging perceptions of home care
There can be a reluctance to ask for a little assistance as we get older, especially if we are active! It’s important to note that the tailored services offered by Home Instead Bristol North demonstrate that home care is not only about managing chronic issues or crises. Instead, home care can enrich lives and support older adults in staying active and connected to their communities.
By providing tailored care plans that align with clients’ interests and values, our carefully matched Care Professionals can provide proactive support to help clients like J continue to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
Get in touch with Home Instead Bristol North
From our offices in Westbury-on-Trym and Downend, we offer CQC Outstanding home care in and around the North of Bristol, including Bishopston, Filton, Frenchay, Henleaze, Mangotsfield, Redland, Stoke Bishop, Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne and surrounding areas.
Are you keen to discover more about our CQC outstanding relationship-led home care? Don’t hesitate to give our professional and friendly team a call on 0117 435 0063.
And if you’re kind, caring and passionate about making a tangible difference to the lives of our local clients, don’t hesitate to apply to become a Care Professional at our website.