In-Home Care Services for Seniors with Congestive Heart Failure

Serving the East Bay Area: Castro Valley, Oakland, Berkeley, San Leandro, Alameda, CA

As one ages, it isn’t uncommon to experience health setbacks like congestive heart failure. Navigating this medical diagnosis, dealing with its unsettling symptoms, and encountering the declining ability to care for oneself can make aging in place seem nearly impossible. But if there’s a will, there’s a way.

At ComForCare, we know how important it is for seniors to spend their golden years where they’re comfortable, which may be their very own home. We also understand getting the right medical attention and care they require are just as critical.

With our highly trained set of staff, we make aging in place possible by providing passionate, specialized congestive heart failure care at home.

Understanding Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is diagnosed when the heart is unable to pump enough blood throughout the body. This condition can cause a range of symptoms including swelling in the legs and ankles, shortness of breath, fatigue, and fluid buildup.

While congestive heart failure can’t be cured at this time, with the proper management system in place, improvements can be made. Typically, CHF requires a cocktail of medications, specific lifestyle changes, and/or surgically implanted medical devices.

Helping Your Loved One with CHF

Assisting a family member diagnosed with congestive heart failure can bring many challenges. Between managing complex symptoms, frequent trips to the hospital, and juggling difficult emotions as you watch your loved one’s health decline, burnout and significant time demands are not uncommon for family caregivers to experience.

Supporting a loved one diagnosed with CHF starts with taking the time to learn about the condition. It also helps to get involved: provide emotional support to your loved one, attend their appointments with them, help them manage their medications, encourage healthy choices, and discuss end-of-life care with them.

When is Hospice Care Necessary?

As a family member, there’s only so much you can do to help someone with congestive heart failure. Not only is caregiver burnout real, but the medical side of helping someone with this cardiovascular condition often goes beyond what the average person can handle. Not to mention, the time you can give may be limited.

Hospice often becomes necessary when your family member needs professional-level support for worsening symptoms, family members are becoming overwhelmed and the relationship is becoming strained, and hospital visits are becoming very frequent – which can all negatively impact the quality of life of someone diagnosed with CHF.

Our caring team sees the challenges families face when their loved one is struggling with congestive heart failure. We remove the burden off the family while ensuring the patient’s emotional and medical needs are met. Our knowledge base, resources, and resolute team make CHF management at home much easier for everyone involved.

24/7 Care for Seniors with Congestive Heart Failure

In the early stages, those diagnosed with congestive heart failure may not require around-the-clock care. As the condition progresses, however, constant care becomes a must. With 24/7 care available for CHF patients, we make aging in place not just possible but comfortable.

From managing medication and monitoring vital signs to providing daily activity assistance and educating family members, our hospice employees play a critical role in helping seniors medically and emotionally cope with congestive heart failure. And we’ll be there every step of the way.

Have a loved one in need of hospice care? Contact ComForCare today to learn more about our services.