FAQ
FAQ
There’s nothing more fulfilling than being able to age in place. You or your senior loved one probably wish for this kind of thing as you live out your golden years. However, not everyone can have this opportunity, especially older adults with health conditions and medical needs.
But thanks to the ever-evolving elder care industry, seniors who require health services can now receive them at home. This is through a care option called home health care services.
Here is everything you need to know about home health care so you can decide whether it’s the best choice for you or an aging loved one.
In its simplest definition, home health care is precisely as it sounds一health care services provided in the comforts of your own home. This kind of care option offers medical support and skilled care services to clients with chronic illnesses or those recovering from temporary conditions.
Home health care can also include non-medical services depending on the client’s needs. This consists of a wide range of services provided to clients living in their residential home or senior facility.
Generally, this comprehensive care option aims to increase a senior’s quality of life by:
At Care Assist Services, we provide an individualized care plan for clients under a home care health program. Some of the services we provide include the following:
Trained caregivers and health aides also provide companionship on top of medical and social services. Additionally, they also create a nurturing environment so clients can reach their full potential.
People of all ages who need additional care while living in their homes can use home health care. But mainly, seniors and older adults benefit the most from such services. Specifically the following:
Families and loved ones of seniors can also benefit from home health care services. For one, qualified providers or agencies make it a point to educate families about the client’s health conditions. Moreover, they teach loved ones how to provide the best care for their aging loved ones.
Different kinds of care professionals and clinicians can provide home care health services. It all depends on the medical and social services your senior requires.
At Care Assist Services, personal and home care are primarily provided by trained home care aides. At the same time, a skilled caregiver can oversee basic health needs, such as PT exercises and mobility.
Additionally, we also provide registered nurses (RN) or certified nursing assistants (CNA) to handle our clients’ medical needs and treatments.
You, your senior loved one, or their doctor can initiate a home care health service. However, if you plan to get the services covered by Medicare, you need a doctor to prescribe them to your aging loved one.
You can still get such services even without the recommendation of a doctor. For example, if your senior desires to get home care health services, you can contact accredited home care agencies like Care Assist Services.
There’s no specific amount of time since it all depends on the client’s unique needs. For example, some programs may only last for weeks, especially for seniors with temporary conditions. But for aging adults who need hands-on attention and care, it usually lasts for a lifetime.
At Care Assist Services, we believe that individuals will thrive better in a familiar and nurturing environment, such as their own home. So, we aim to make a difference in the day-to-day lives of our senior clients by meeting and exceeding their physical, mental, and emotional needs.
It is always more than just making meals and administering medications. For us, it takes trust, compassion, and personal attention to truly improve one’s quality of life.
Learn more about home care health services by giving us a call at 949-755-0709. You can also visit our website at Care Assist Services to know more about our services or to get a comprehensive health assessment.
At Care Assist Services, we provide a customized care plan for the unique needs of each client. We can also cater to the client’s preferred schedule of care if need be. In addition, we have care professionals who can provide support on a full-time, part-time, live-in, or “as needed” basis.
Then, we will coordinate one’s care with their doctor and other clinicians involved to determine the senior client’s specific needs. Next, our care team will create a “plan of care” suitable for the client.
Once a strategy is in place, we will match the client with a qualified caregiver who can provide them with the services they need. In addition, our care team also performs in-person check-ins to reassess one’s care plan if need be.
We painstakingly select our care professionals through screenings and thorough background checks. Additionally, through Honor ( a care network agency), we recruit professional caregivers and home care aides with in-depth training and expertise.
We also provide continuous training and supervision for our care professionals. This way, they can provide better services to our clients with empathy and compassion.
Our health care team consists of different clinicians such as doctors, registered nurses or certified nursing assistants, caregivers, and trained home care aides.
We also have a couple of other professionals working in the background to manage your loved one’s care. This includes:
It is on a case-to-case basis. Besides paying for it directly, there are various ways to pay for your aging loved one’s home health care costs. This includes their private insurance company, worker’s compensation, or Veterans benefits.
Our team will help you in coordinating the billing of insurance companies or Medicare coverage. Plus, we can also assist in verifying your senior loved one’s eligibility for other benefits.
We provide our high-quality services in the client’s home一wherever that may be in the California area. It can be in your loved one’s private residence, a senior community, or the home of a family caregiver.
Yes, depending on the scheduling preferred by the client. Our goal is to provide comfort and assistance to our clients when they need it. So, we make it a point to accommodate your or your loved one’s caregiving preferences.
We can match you with a caregiver who can provide services in your preferred schedule, whether it’s 24/7 or only at specific hours of the day.
Decades of caring for patients through home care, long-term care and acute care taught Janis Adams, RN, that taking care of people was about much more than filling prescriptions and making beds.