Choosing In Home Care over Assisted Living Facilities

Things to consider when choosing an In Home Care Provider.

Will the care you can receive in your home be sufficient or would it be better to live in an assisted living facility?  This is a consideration for many adults as we grow older.  Between the need to be mobile to visit the doctor or maneuvering around your home, aging seniors often face many challenges and evaluating one’s specific care needs is both necessary and important.

Fortunately, changes and improvements in medical technology and equipment afford us new possibilities that improve senior care within the home, making in home caregivers more accessible. Hands and Hearts Home Care is a licensed businesses that provides care for your loved one from the comfort of their own home. We can provide and non-medical care. Personal care--another term for non-medical care--includes aiding in the activities of daily living, such as meal preparation, dressing and bathing, medication reminders and more with the help of our qualified and compassionate in home caregivers.

The kinds of treatment as well as assistance solutions that could be provided in the home is very broad, varying from healthcare, and checking blood pressure, and basic aid with the activities of everyday living, like preparing meals, as well as aiding with bathing and also grooming. Non-medical caregivers can also supply support with the critical activities of daily living, such as grocery shopping, household chores, and running errands.

Our caretakers offer a vast array of non-medical care. We are able to drive the care recipient around for consultations, tasks, as well as social activities. We can change light bulbs, pick up groceries, or take the care recipient to the theater for a show. The versatility of assistance that our caretakers can provide is often the very reason families will choose to work with an us!​​

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What are Assisted Living Homes?

Assisted living residences are ideal for individuals who need hardly any senior care each day. This suggests that many aided living homes provide care recipients with some assistance achieving numerous tasks such as arranging medicines, but they do not offer permanent long-lasting care. These facilities primarily cater to mobile individuals over the age of 65.
Individuals bound to a wheelchair, or who struggle with mental or behavioral problems are normally discouraged from relocating to a nursing home given that they require more specialized treatment. While many patients move from assisted living into nursing homes, some are able to return home after receiving the care they need.

What is In Home Care?

In Home Care is among the most rapidly growing and also most requested care solutions for seniors in the US today. Agencies supplying at home care offer a variety of various services from care companionship to supervision and also hygiene care. In-home caregivers are ideal for people that wish to remain at their own home, yet additionally require continuous care that relative and friends aren’t able to supply.
It allows elders to age in the familiar surroundings of their own home. Most at home treatment strategies include a combination of assisted living, or non-medical, services as well as skilled healthcare services.

Non-Medical Care Typically Includes:

• Individual treatment
• Companionship
• Supervision
• Washing
• Light housekeeping
• Meal preparation
• Medication pointers
• Purchasing
• Household Chores
• Transportation

Insurance provider and in-home care companies often utilize a person's ADL (Activities of Daily Living) score to identify the demands of that individual. ADL rankings are based upon 6 fundamental activities that show a person's abilities to offer self-care. These tasks are:

• Walking
• Bathing
• Transferring
• Dressing
• Eating
• Going to the bathroom

Insurance companies evaluate these needs to establish a person's eligibility for insurance benefits. We use them as tools to determine services needed as well as to guarantee certified caretakers are designated to fulfill the individual's needs. IADL, or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, makes use of six tasks that figure out the capacity of an individual to survive on their very own in the house.

These Six Tasks Are:

• Taking care of individual finances
• Medication
• Making Phone Calls
• Purchasing food and clothing
• Minor housework
• Cooking & Meal Prep​
  

Identifying Your Loved One's Care Needs

Prior to you make any care choices, you need to determine the precise demands of your loved one. When you comprehend their circumstances, you can evaluate the help that is already available. Begin with listing exactly what your loved one requires help with on a month-to-month, daily, and weekly basis. This will offer you a clear snapshot  of the amount of treatment needed. Take into consideration the amount of assistance you, your family, friends and neighbors can provide. Be sure to identify long term needs as well. 

At Hands and Hearts Home Care, Staying at Home is an Option!  We are dedicated to providing the best, most comfortable care within your loved one’s home.  If you have any other questions about the services we provide, give us a call and our staff will be glad to assist you in making the best choice for your care patient!