In-home care is an invaluable service for aging adults who want to maintain their independence but need a helping hand. Caregivers come to your dad’s home as often as needed to help him out. Here are five things you should know about in-home care.
In-Home Care Can Be Temporary or Permanent
Your dad may need in-home care temporarily while recovering from an injury or illness. He may need help permanently if he’s been diagnosed with a progressive disease like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.
As your dad’s needs increase or change, his in-home care plan also changes. He’s not going to be left on his own when he most needs a helping hand.
Your Dad Has Just Enough Support
The goal of in-home care is to provide just enough support to your dad so that he’s not risking his safety or emotional health. He has a helping hand for things he cannot do on his own, but he’s left to do things on his own when he’s able to.
The Service Also Helps You
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At the same time that in-home care helps your dad, the services also help you. As the one person who invests the most time into helping your dad when you’re not at work or spending time with your children, you struggle to balance their needs with your own.
In-home care services help your dad, which enables you to take a break. Your schedule frees up, which makes it easier to spend time with friends or a partner, do things you enjoy, or go on a vacation.
A Variety of Services Are Available
In-home care covers a wide range of needs. If your dad needs help with grooming and hygiene tasks, he’ll have it through personal care services. His caregivers can help him brush and floss his teeth, trim his nails, apply moisturizer, and wash his body in a bath or shower.
After his shower or bath, his caregiver helps him dry off. He’ll have help choosing clothes that match the weather forecast. He even has someone to help him button his shirt and pants, tie his laces, and fasten his belt.
He also enjoys a range of companion care services. His caregivers can vacuum his carpets, sweep hard floors, and dust his furniture. He has someone to change his sheets and towels, collect the dirty clothing, and do the laundry. When everything is dry, it’s folded and put away.
A home care aide can cook your dad’s meals, take him shopping if he’d like, and help him run errands. If he needs a ride to an appointment, his caregiver is there. Medication reminders, assistance with scheduling and bill paying, and organizing mail and new purchases are other services.
It’s Adaptable
Your dad’s needs may change, but that doesn’t mean his in-home care arrangements will become ineffective. When he needs more help with daily tasks, talk to an in-home care specialist to change his care plan.
Care plans adapt to match your dad’s needs. He’ll never have to struggle when he has caregivers helping out. Call a home care expert to learn more.
If You Or An Aging Loved One Are Considering Hiring In-Home Care in Largo, FL, Please Contact The Caring Staff At Assisting Hands Home Care Today! 727-748-4211.
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Becky Moultrie is Owner and Administrator of Assisting Hands Home Care Serving Pinellas. Guided by a motto to Do Good with Love, she’s well positioned to do just that at Assisting Hands. She has a passion for helping families keep seniors and those who are diabled happy and healthy at home. She serves on a number of boards in Pinellas County including the Pinellas Park Gateway Chamber and Better Living Seniors (BLS), leading the Membership Committee. Annually, she hosts a Silver Santa Party, collecting donations for nearly 100 low income seniors in the county. She attends Blessed Sacrament Church, Seminole where she is an Ascribed Member of the Rosminian Order. When not busy Doing Good in the community, Becky is at home with her husband David & their 4 children, tending to their beehives and digging in the garden.
