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The Home Care Solution
By Sailynn Doyle
A Guide to the Best Choices for Seniors and Those Who Care About Them
What’s the difference between “home care” and “home health care”? How do caregivers know when a senior living at home needs help to remain independent? Are there viable alternatives to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, even for seniors with medical issues? Family caregivers faced with questions like these now have a free resource to help guide them through the sometimes complicated maze of home care decisions.
“The Home Care Solution: A Guide to the Best Choices for Seniors and Those Who Care About Them” is a new booklet from the Home Instead Senior Care network. The guide defines key terms and provides family caregivers with answers to a number of eldercare questions including: Who provides home care and what do they do? Are all home care companies the same? What questions do you ask when looking for home care services? How much does home care cost?
Featured in the guide are important distinctions between home health care and non-medical care, the signs to watch for that could signal when a specific type of home care is warranted, the differences between types of caregivers and what families need to know to protect their loved ones, and the various costs involved -- including ways to pay for home care.
Here are 10 items from the booklet to look for that may indicate more help is needed:
1) Household bills piling up.
2) Reluctance to leave the house.
3) Losing interest in meals.
4) Declining personal hygiene.
5) Declining driving skills.
6) Scorched pots and pans.
7) Signs of depression.
8) Missed doctors’ appointments and social engagements.
9) Unkempt house.
10) Losing track of medications.
The guide is available to families for free by calling Home Instead Senior Care at 508-984-7900 or they can download a copy of the Home Care Solution from the “Senior Care Resources You Can Trust” page of the company’s website.
Sailynn Doyle
At Home Instead Senior Care, we customize our services to fit your needs. We provide non-medical care to seniors and their families 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Services such as companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, shopping, errands, incidental transportation and personal care are just some of the most popular. All of our CAREGivers are thoroughly screened - criminal background check, driving record check, social security trace, sex offender list, and six references. We are available for free consultations 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
Call 508.984.7900 or visit www.HomeInstead.com/673 for more information.
Sailynn Doyle is the owner of Home Instead Senior Care in North Dartmouth, located at 634 State Road (Route 6), Unit A1. The North Dartmouth office serves all of Southeastern Massachusetts. They are available for free consultations 24/7. Please call 508.984.7900 or visit www.homeinstead.com/673 for more information. Each office is an independently owned and operated franchise of Home Instead, Inc., the world's largest provider of non-medical in-home care services for seniors.
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Home care can be a really good solution for those who are just not comfortable moving. It's a good way to meet in the middle.
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