Believe it or not, everyone, even seniors, should be practicing gratitude because it improves mental, physical, and spiritual help. This allows a senior to process the highs and lows of aging in place and it can truly help them form a bond with family members, home care assistance, and friends. Here are some of the best ways your loved one can easily practice gratitude and home care assistance can help ensure these easy things become a part of a senior’s daily routine.
Gratitude Journals are Key
Your loved one can have multiple kinds of journals, dedicated to specific things. One journal can be for a brain dump, letting out all of their emotions, and another can be specifically for gratitude. If your loved one is not in the practice of speaking out loud, giving praise, words of affirmation, or gratitude, it can be a hard habit to form. This may not be something they have thought about doing or they just can’t form or find the words to say them. One of the best ways to encourage them to still practice gratitude is by creating a journal. They can list everything they are grateful for every day and this can allow them to look back even during hard times to find those things. This will also help them remember who they are grateful for and why they feel it. Sometimes writing is easier than speaking out loud and that is true whether or not you are a senior.
Vocalize Gratitude
The more a senior writes down why they are grateful for someone the easier it will get to speak it out loud. When they start to vocalize why they are grateful for things, this is also a way to create a habit. Maybe they can sit down with home care assistance each morning to practice speaking out loud which will form a habit. Small steps, just by talking to each other, or someone else they are comfortable with can help your loved one practice gratitude.
Have Home Care Assistance Make a Gratitude Jar
As home care assistance is talking to your loved one and building a relationship, they may catch things that your loved one is grateful for that the seniors don’t catch themselves. Have home care write down those things and stick them in a jar. This is also something that can be a focused activity. Your loved one can sit down with home care assistance and think about all of the things they are grateful for while a caregiver writes down those things and sticks them in a jar. This is a good way to start saying things out loud but also allow them to see those things later on too.
Go on Walks to Practice Gratitude
One of the best ways to practice gratitude is by getting outside, which is also one of the best ways to practice mindfulness too. This is a chance to appreciate nature, beauty, and where a senior is living. It is a time to reflect and think about all of the wonderful things in life. Going out on gratitude walks will also help a senior feel better during hard times.
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