11 Good Reasons To Hire Caregiving Agency In Houston

There are differences that can be demonstrated, between the care given by a private caregiver and an agency that provides the same care. As per Assisting Hands, there are 11 benefits that you can get from using a home care agency instead of an unaffiliated caregiver.

1. Worker’s Compensation & Taxes

The wages that a caregiver agency pay is competitive, and the agency also bears the responsibility not only for taxes but also for worker’s compensation. When you appoint an independent caregiver, you, as the client, are responsible for knowing how much, reporting it and withholding taxes.

2. Complimentary Evaluation

When they meet potential new clients, Assisting Hands provides fall-risk and safety evaluation, without charging for it. Besides this process of evaluation, a home care plan is developed that will meet the particular needs of every client and their families. Unaffiliated caregivers rarely have such expertise and the tools to make such evaluations.

3. Flexibility

Caregivers of an agency are available all 24 hours a day and for all 365 days a year. If any caregiver sent by the agency goes on a vacation, has a personal emergency, or falls sick, the agency will arrange for a replacement who is medically knowledgeable. A private caregiver cannot do this; the agency always has a backup on hand.

4. Background Checks

Every applicant who applies to Assisting Hands for a caregiver job is screened and goes through extensive background checks. A client or their family who appoints a private caregiver has to do this checking themselves, or pay for it to get done.

5. Bonded & Insured

Every caregiver of Assisting Hands is bonded and insured, which means that the client is not responsible for any losses, injuries, or any damage to themselves or the caregiver when it relates to the services that are provided.

6. Caregiver Matching

Our focus is on client satisfaction, and that is why Assisting Hands takes care to match the client with the caregiver so that they can be sure that their personalities match, and the client will feel comfortable and safe. Every individual client will have particular needs, and this matching process ensures that the appointed caregiver has the skills that fulfill these needs.

7. Quality Assurance

Assisting Hands supervisors will routinely visit the home of clients, and will also do so if requested, to ensure that the needs of the client are being met and that the client is satisfied. When you appoint a private caregiver, such quality assurance visits have to be foregone or you have to find a third party to conduct them.

8. Training

Assisting Hands makes use of a training platform that is professionally developed and one which all their employees can avail of. We expect every employee to go through at least twelve hours of training every year, which is a standard that exceeds that required by most states. This ongoing testing and training make for the excellence, preparation, and validity of every caregiver.

9. Client Care Plan

Assisting Hands to care plans are customized and person-centered so that they are tailored to need specific care that addresses all the emotional, physical, and social needs of a client. Every plan can always be adapted and updated when needed, in collaboration with other caregivers.

10. Services & Partnerships – Large Scope

Caregivers who have a wide range of skills can access longstanding partnerships throughout the long-term and health care communities through association with Assisting Hands. This is what allows us to provide evaluated and easy options for busy families and those who are out of town. Private caregivers are unlikely to be able to provide such a variety of services and have vetted relationships with partners in caregiving, at the local and national level.

11. Experience

Assisting Hands is backed by our experience of 25 years in this industry, and is fully aware of all that is needed to deliver a high quality of home care.

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