5 Advantages of Senior Patient Transportation Services

As you or your loved ones begin to age, moving from one point to another will get harder. Today, one in five seniors has a form of mobility issue. A good number of them also struggle with their vision, making it harder for them to drive themselves. As a result, most seniors struggle to move as freely as they would like. Most seniors also require regular hospital visits and routine/non-routine health checks, which is where senior patient transportation services come in.

Senior patient transport services ensure that seniors can meet up with their medical obligations by transporting them safely from their home to any medical facility and back.

Below are five reasons to use a senior medical transport service today:

1. Respite for Family Members/Caregivers

As seniors begin to lose their eyesight or cognitive ability, they may find it harder to drive themselves. The responsibility of getting them to and from the hospital will usually fall on a family member. But, can they be there all the time? Most likely not. Conversely, a professional senior patient transport service can conveniently see to the transportation needs of the older patient whenever needed.

2. Punctuality with Doctor’s Appointment/Health Checks

Past a certain age, our health will begin to decline slowly. Since most seniors can barely drive themselves or stand the rigors associated with taking a public transport service, they will need all the help they can get to meet up with their doctor’s appointment. Again, their restricted movement even makes it more challenging to schedule an appointment. A dedicated transport service can ensure that seniors are punctual and regular with their doctor’s office. Most senior patient transport services can work based on an agreed schedule to pick and drop off the seniors based on their medical commitments.

3. Care and Support

Seniors, especially those with any form of disability or mobility issues, will receive all the care and support that they require right from when they are picked up to when they are dropped off. This care and service can range from wheelchair support, stretcher support, administering medication, and continuous monitoring of their vitals.

4. Door to Door Support

Private non-medical transport services or taxi services do not offer the form of door-to-door services that a senior medical transport provides. Senior patient transport services can assist with picking up the seniors right from their doorstep and can also wheel them to the vehicle or place them on a stretcher if need be. Door-to-Door support ensures that you or your elderly loved ones are safely and comfortably taken care of from your doorstep to their destination.

5. Long Distance Medical Transportation

Senior patient transport services also help to move seniors across long distances. Long-distance travel can be stressful and arduous for the elderly. For this service, at least one trained medical staff will be on hand to administer essential medical care, and necessary medical life support equipment will also be available.

Senior patient transportation presents a convenient, safe, and comfortable way to transport the elderly and ensure that they are well looked after and taken care of right from when they are picked up at their doorstep to their destination.

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