Charlotte Business Daily

What services and products can I add to a senior home service?

What do seniors, typically over the age of 70, buy and use? What services can be added to a already existed home care service for the elderly?

Public Comments

1. Good wine and dark chocolate for question 1 and a wine cellar would be nice for question 2. Seriously what senior would not like a visit from a service dog or cat? Also a few years back we got together with home health care people and bought fans for elderly shut ins, as they seldom have AC and temps in this area can actually kill people in high summer.
2. You could widen the doorways by removing the trim. Few homes were made to accommodate the width of wheelchairs. Many seniors can't get into areas of their own homes.
3. For seniors in good shape, but without transportation - driving to stores, doctors, church, community services, and fun shopping. For seniors who need help - cleaning, cooking, personal care, daily wellness calls, plus the above services. For seniors who are lonely - visits to have coffee together, go out to a restaurant, play cards, or visiting with a child who would enjoy a foster grandparent. Some communities offer some of these services, but not all are able to.
4. Dog walking if they have a pet.I know the first few weeks out of the hospital my husband had to leave work to walk the dogs, but if a service had been available I would have taken it.
5. I do not understand your question. You mean you sell and deliver stuff or it is one of those rental places or ? The reason I ask is cause there is something 'senior' seniors REALLY enjoy, and that is music from the 40's. If you could sell CDs and simple CD players in your business, it would bring a lot of joy to people who have forgotten about that music till they hear it! You would have to give a 'demo' and play the music for them to let them see for themselves how they enjoy and remember what they have forgotten for so long! My mother sits all day - quiet as a mouse, and when I turn that 1940's music on she is Ethel Merman!! Right now she is singing "I'd Like To Get You On A Slow Boat To China!" Funny thing is, I don't ever remember her singing out loud when I was growing up. NOW...she LOVES it and it is soooo cute to see her come alive! It is kind of like that Robin Williams movie...Awakening! PS You could also sell this to Nursing Homes. What a HUGE difference it would make in the happiness and contentment of residents to be able to listen to music they actually remember!
6. Anything that helps keep them safe and comfortable in their own home, from cleaning and painting right down to walking the dog and mowing the lawn. And yes even wash windows. Too many services just take care of the person , not their home. Maybe they cannot clean the oven, or change a light bulb. Or scrub the bathtub. Simple things that mean a lot to them.