Five Ways to Make “Happiness Happens Month” a Hit for Your Senior

By Marina Pink | August 10, 2018 |

This August is the 19th annual Happiness Happens Month. The theme for this year is “Be the Reason Someone Smiles.” As a caregiver, you likely spend quite a bit of time already trying to make sure your senior is happy and enjoys her life. Celebrating this holiday together can give you little ways to spread even more happiness.

What Makes Your Senior Smile?

Lots of little things make everyone happy, whether it’s a favorite meal for dinner or an unexpected visit from someone your senior loves. Take a few minutes and think about what helps her to feel her happiest. You might even want to make a list that you can refer back to now and again. Don’t forget to add to it when you recognize new things that make your senior smile.

Look for Opportunities to Lighten Your Senior’s Load

One way to help your senior feel happier overall on a daily basis is to lighten her load wherever you can. Hiring senior care providers can help her save energy for the activities she really enjoys doing. When she doesn’t have to worry about keeping up with the vacuuming or cooking her meals, your elderly family member can spend time and energy doing what she loves to do.

Pick Some Activities to Enjoy Together

You and your aging adult might enjoy seeking out some happiness together. That might involve taking in some nature together, going to a movie, or exploring new activities together. Talk to your elderly family member about how she’d like to share happy times with you.

Find Ways to Help Your Senior Spread Happiness

For many people, sharing happiness with others is the best part of being happy. Your elderly family member might find happiness in going out and meeting new people or in volunteering in her community. Talk to your senior about whether this is something that appeals to her and how she’d like to accomplish this.

Do Something Nice for Yourself

You might be wondering how doing something nice for you can make your senior happier, but it’s definitely possible. As her family caregiver, keeping yourself happy and healthy is a key piece of maintaining your elderly family member’s happiness. Take care of yourself and it’s infinitely easier to take care of her.

Happiness is something that you and your elderly family member can find ways to encourage every day. Even when your senior’s life gets harder and your job as a caregiver becomes more difficult, there are lots of reasons to smile and to experience happiness.

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Marina Pink

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Marina Pink is the Owner at Home Care Help. Home Care Help is an innovator in providing services in a caring and professional manner. We have an exceptional history, spanning twenty-three years, of providing care to people in moments that matter most. It is our utmost priority to address every need in a timely manner; and, it is our goal, above all else, to give the level of support that enables our residents to have as much independence as possible with care and respect.