Home Care Services

Live-in Home Care

Live-In Home Care is an option for families who need more care, however, live-in home care services are not as well understood as assisted living or nursing home options. When considering non-medical live-in help, we know you have a lot of questions. First, the referred caregiver can live in the home, provided that there is a separate bedroom.

There are no additional charges for room and board for live-in care, but the cost of meals (or a meal stipend) are usually provided by the family or the referred caregiver can simply cook the meals for the client and dine alongside the family. Many caregivers have a driver’s license and own their own car to accompany your loved one to appointments and go grocery shopping. If you prefer, a caregiver can drive your car or theirs.

Overnight Care

Overnight care is also an option with a referred caregiver. This service involves a caregiver assisting with a few hours of care before bed and after a good night’s rest. If you are assisting a loved one, you know that your health can be affected without a good nights rest. Caregivers usually request that they receive at least 8 hours of sleep, but they are there to assist you during the night if your loved one is unable to sleep or needs to use the restroom. Having a caregiver in the home as your loved one sleeps gives peace of mind and security while you rest, enabling you to wake up fresh to go about your day.

Why Live-In or Overnight Care?

Providing your loved ones with around-the-clock non-medical home care can also be a preventative way to avoid a nursing home. In fact, two of the biggest reasons older adults transition to Assisted Living Facilities are a result of medication prompts and fall risk concerns. Around-the-clock care for the elderly is very possible at your own home and having access to live-in help or a referred overnight caregiver can reduce the factors that might lead to a nursing home admission.

Nursing Visits

Help by the skill of a nurse, including: recovery from an illness, accident or surgery, wound care, help with medications and/or injections, physical, occupational and speech-language rehabilitation, therapy services, clinical management of a chronic disease and/or monitoring a serious illness

1. On the first visit, within a day or two of hospital discharge, the home health nurse goes to the patient’s home, does a physical assessment, checks the patient’s understanding of medications and treatments and his or her disease process, and does any teaching necessary.

2. The nurse then assesses for mobility and physical environment problems such as throw rugs a patient could trip on or any obstacles that should be cleared.

3. A care plan is created to address any issues needed on the next visits. If there are mobility problems, a physical therapist will be needed.

4. Admission paperwork takes a couple of hours to do unless it is computerized.

5. On each subsequent visit, an assessment is done and progress is checked especially with the medication regimen.

Our nurse will also perform a thorough evaluation of your condition. He or she will:

• Check your vital signs

• Monitor any wound or incision sites

• Administer any medications