Ah yes, the adage of April showers bringing May flowers is true. Many areas of the country are delightfully watching gorgeous blooms appear right before their eyes this month. Spring is a wonderful time to celebrate getting through another cold and dark winter. While it often starts slowly with many drizzly days, by the time May comes around, most parts of the country are being bathed in sunshine and warmer temps. It’s the perfect time of year for any flower-loving senior to take some extra time to stop and smell the roses.
The Mental Health Benefits of Flowers
Did you know that flowers can positively affect your elderly loved one’s mental health and cognitive abilities? Flowers are an integral part of many people’s lives, so seeing them, smelling them, and receiving them as gifts are all avenues for your loved one to receive the health benefits of flowers.
- Flowers reduce feelings of sadness and anxiety. Taking time to be mindful while among a bed of flowers or even admiring an intricate rose in a vase, can let the mind relax and calm those anxiety-driven thoughts and worries. A gift of flowers can remind your elderly loved one that someone cares for her and help her feel less alone.
- Flowers stimulate memories. Because flowers are both a visual and olfactory stimulus, they have twice the power to awaken memories. The smell of spring flowers can bring back childhood memories.
- Flowers form connections. Being socially active is an important part of your loved one’s overall cognitive health. Strolling through a garden with like-minded garden lovers is a great way to meet new people, spark interesting conversations, and form a community.
Five Ways for Your Senior to Enjoy Some Flowers
- Go to a local garden. The easiest and sometimes most beautiful way to enjoy flowers each spring is to head to a local garden and see what’s blooming.
- Go for a walk in the woods. Cultivated gardens are beautiful, but the excitement of finding wildflowers growing on their own in the woods can be a fun way to find hidden blooms.
- Visit a garden center. This is the time of year when garden centers are packed with all of the flowers that can be brought home for showing off.
- Walk through the neighborhood. It’s fun to see what each home has blooming in its shrubs, trees, and flowerbeds.
Start a garden. From one small pot to a large area in the yard, your loved one can start her own flower garden to enjoy.
Enjoying Flowers from Home
If your senior is homebound and unable to get out to a local garden, having a companion care at home provider help her enjoy flowers at home is a great way for her to celebrate spring. Her companion care at home provider can assist her with making flower-based crafts, such as pressing petals or learning how to make origami flowers. Together, they can look through books that showcase beautiful flowers or watch travel shows that take your loved one around the world to see the flowers. With a companion care at home provider, she can enjoy flowers with the company of someone who cares for her and can help her celebrate all that spring has brought.
If you or an aging loved one is considering Companion Care at Home in Lamar, MO, please contact the caring staff at Adelmo Family Care today at (417) 206-4576
Adelmo Family Care provides exceptional home and facility care for seniors, disabled adults, and their families in Joplin, Webb City, Carthage, Duquesne, Neosho, Carl Junction, Lamar, Newton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Pittsburg, KS, Riverton, KS, Crawford County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, and surrounding areas.
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