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Could Your Loved One Have Suffered a Brain Injury?

Senior Care in Alpharetta GA

Each year throughout the United States approximately 2.5 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury. More than 5 million people throughout the nation are currently living with the lasting Senior-Care-in-Alpharetta-GAeffects and disabilities that are often associated with these traumatic injuries. As a family caregiver it is extremely important that you know what to look for to detect a potential traumatic brain injury after they experience an injury, accident, or other experience. March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. This is the perfect time for you to learn about these injuries and the meaningful modifications that you can make to your care routine to help protect your parent from these injuries, or to address them as they arise.

 

Symptoms of mild brain injuries can include:

  • Brief loss of consciousness
  • Feeling confused, disoriented, or dazed
  • Headache
  • Fatigue
  • Vomiting
  • Drowsiness
  • Loss of balance
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Increased sleeping
  • Blurred vision
  • Ringing in the ears
  • Bad taste in the mouth
  • Sensitivity to sound
  • Concentration or memory problems

 

Symptoms of moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries can include:

  • Periods of unconsciousness that last up to a few hours
  • Severe headache or headache that progressively worsens
  • Ongoing nausea
  • Seizures
  • Dilation of the pupils
  • Draining of clear fluids from the ears or the nose
  • Loss of coordination
  • Weakness in the toes or fingers
  • Numbness in the fingers or toes
  • Inability to waken from unconsciousness or sleep
  • Marked confused
  • Agitation
  • Slurred speech
  • Unusual personality changes or behaviors
  • Combativeness
  • Lasting consciousness disorders

 

If you suspect that your aging parent has suffered a brain injury, even one that would be described as “mild”, it is important that you do not hesitate to get your parent the medical attention and care that they need. Be aware that the symptoms might not be immediate. While they may appear in the moments or hours following an injury, they might not appear until a few days following, making it extremely important that you closely monitor your parent any time that they have suffered an injury or accident that might involve a brain injury.

 

Starting senior care for your elderly loved one can be one of the most compassionate, nurturing, and effective decisions that you can make for them in the course of your caregiver journey with them. The highly personalized services of a senior home care services provider are specifically designed to address your parent’s individual needs, challenges, and limitations in a way that takes into account their personality, preferences, beliefs, opinions, and goals, as well as the care that you are able to put forth for them. This means that they are able to live the lifestyle that is right for them while remaining safe, healthy, comfortable, and fulfilled, and maintaining as much independence and activity as possible as they age in place. A care provider can be invaluable for supervising and monitoring your aging parent so that they can detect the potential symptoms of a brain injury after an accident, or the signs that they might need additional support and care after receiving treatment for an injury. This ensures that your aging parent gets the attention that they need to get through their injury and to proceed with their lifestyle as much as possible.

 

If you or an aging family member are considering hiring senior care in Alpharetta, GA, please contact the caring staff at Caring Companions of Atlanta 470-514-5954 .

We provide quality non-medical services to our clients in their homes or in a facility if that’s where they live. Our staff is available for care plans for extensive care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or as little as 4 hours per visit. Reach out to us, and one of our outstanding administrative staff will meet with potential clients to assist them and their families in designing an effective, personal plan of care.

 

Sources:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/traumatic-brain-injury/basics/symptoms/con-20029302

http://www.biausa.org/brain-injury-awareness-month.htm

http://www.biav.net/awareness-month.htm

 

Adam Seever, Owner
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About Adam Seever, Owner

The son of two social workers, Adam grew up in Chicago and lived there for over 30 years. He began his career at a Chicago-based marketing services agency determined to make his mark in the industry. In 1997 Adam moved to Atlanta while working for the Coca-Cola Company, where he spent 8 years in their sports marketing division. Adam left Coke in 2001 to join Clear Channel Entertainment and later went on to work both domestically and internationally for the World's largest sports agency, International Management Group. Adam eventually worked as a consultant and spearheaded numerous high profile projects including the building of Coke’s iconic Coke bottle at Turner Field in Atlanta. While Adam always felt lucky to have worked in the exciting world of marketing, he also felt the need to participate in something with more of a connection to the community. That quest eventually led him to earn his CNA degree and become an owner of Caring Companions of Atlanta, LLC.
Adam is married and he and his wife have two younger children. The family shares their home with two cats and two hermit crabs. The kids are working hard to get mommy and daddy to add a puppy...time will tell! They live in Sandy Springs and are active in the senior community.