Family Stress and Elderly Care: Luxe Care Is Here To Help You

Feeling overwhelmed caring for a loved one? You’re not alone.

In 2021, there was an estimated total of 221,300 primary caregivers in Victoria. The natural stress that comes with caretaking responsibilities affects both older people and their primary caregivers, often leading to exhaustion, burnout, or prolonged health issues. Studies have found stress activates the "fight-or-flight" response in people, releasing hormones causing physical symptoms like headaches, muscle tension, fatigue, and digestive issues. Chronic stress leads to serious health issues, including high blood pressure, heart disease, infection susceptibility, and negatively impacts brain function over a prolonged period of time.

Engaging support services from professional and dedicated carers can significantly help ease the emotional and physical strains of care, restore balance to your life, and improve quality of life for everyone involved.

Stress in Older Adults

Ageing can bring challenges that increase stress, such as:

• Loss of independence

• Chronic health conditions and their ongoing management

• Social isolation

• Previously simple tasks of daily living becoming difficult

• Paranoia about safety both in and out of the house

• Coping with memory loss, symptoms of dementia etc.

These stressors are generally difficult for one or two people to manage long term. Luxe Care’s qualified and passionate carers can provide positive engagement and build structure for your loved one, giving you peace of mind in numerous ways.

Stress in Caregivers

Family members providing care often juggle work, home responsibilities, and emotional strain. Caregiver stress can look like:

• Constant fatigue and tiredness

• Guilt for not “doing enough” or the expectation to “do it all”

• Concerns about others not being able to provide the same specific care

• Feeling overwhelmed by medical or personal care needs

• No time for their own physical/mental health and relationships

Over time, caregiver burnout can affect the level of support they’re able to give.

How Luxe Care Can Help

Luxe Care’s services help create breathing room for you, so you can take time to maintain your own health. Services are centred around individualised care needs and improving quality of life.

Some other benefits include:

• Assistance with personal care, meal preparation, and mobility care

• Companionship and mental stimulation with conversation or games

• Medication and health routine observation and encouragement

• Relief for you, knowing you loved one is safe and cared for

Luxe Care is here to share the load of caretaking, reduce your stress, and to allow families the chance to regain quality time together without the constant pressure of caretaking. Offering in-home respite care, companionship care, domestic assistance cleaning and gardening. We can help in a variety of ways!

If family stress and your caretaking workload are becoming a daily challenge for you or your loved one, Luxe Care could be the answer. A little help goes a long way toward creating a calmer, healthier home.

Ready to reduce stress and regain balance? Contact us today on 1300 674 886 to discuss how we can support your family.