Aging adults who need assistance with everyday living activities but does not need full-time medical care can hire a home help care provider. At Trusted Care Providers Inc., we offer one-on-one non-medical care in the privacy and comfort of our clients’ homes.

Our Home Help Care is limited to four hours of care per day and is available to those seniors who need a more cost-effective option.

Home Help Services

 

In-home help is becoming a more popular option for seniors who prefer to remain in their own or a loved one’s residence for as long as possible whether it’s to recuperate from an illness, surgery, or because of aging. However, many are unaware that this service is available or is not familiar with the type of care offered.

Our home help care services help with various daily living activities such as:

• Light housekeeping
• Medical reminders
• Meal preparation
• Bathing and grooming

Clients can also add some other services a la cart as needed, such as:

• Grocery shopping
• Stretching and other gentle exercises
• Vital sign monitoring
• Escort to doctor's appointments
• Life Alert (free one-year subscription)
• CAREGiver manager

Choosing Home Help Care

It’s hard to decide whether your loved one should be cared for home or in an elder care facility. While it’s not ideal in every situation there are some very good reasons why you should home help care for your aging loved ones:

• Personalized Care: If your loved one needs specialized care, such as for a memory loss issue or even a mobility condition, he or she will probably get better care at home. Home help care recognizes how important specialized care is, and offers individualized services based on what the patient needs. Since home care is one-on-one, it is more efficient and even cuts down on travel and other costs typically accrued when a patient has to see multiple healthcare providers.
• Bonds the Family Unit: Especially during an illness, family support for a loved one who is using home help care if vitally important. With home help care, you don’t have to worry about visiting hours or interrupting a meal or shower when you want to sit and visit. You know your loved one is in a safe and therapeutic environment that often lessens the care provider’s burden. Your loved one will have some sort of privacy something not normally found in an elder care facility.
• Extends the Quality of Life: Home help care prevents the premature decline of an elderly person’s life by encouraging independence and allowing your loved one to make decisions about her lifestyle and care for as long as possible. In a nursing home or other elder care facility, that independence is all but taken away because of the type of institutionalized care given. Patients are told when to eat, when to sleep and when to take a shower. There are many stressors that come along with aging, and home help care helps eliminate some of those by enriching your loved one’s quality of life. Older adults also heal faster at home after a surgery or illness.

Difficult Decision to Make

Each person’s situation is different, and for many, home help care is a good alternative form of care. Your family needs to weigh the pros and cons on the situation to determine what is in your loved one’s best interest.