What are assisted living facilities and retirement
homes?
Both assisted living facilities and retirement homes are places
where the senior lives full-time and away from their home. Depending on need,
these facilities offer a wide range of different care options. Most often, assisted
living facilities are the best option for seniors who need some, but do not
require a significant level of care. Retirement homes are generally the choice
made when seniors are too ill or frail to take care of themselves in any manner
whatsoever.
Assisted living facilities often house seniors in apartments or
condos and offer a variety of different services from transportation, cooking,
cleaning and different entertainment and leisure activities that allow seniors
to maintain an active, social, and healthy life with a little extra assistance.
Retirement homes are more institutional in nature and are staffed by trained
nurses and doctors to provide advanced care for seniors with more complex
needs. These facilities provide meals, cooking, cleaning, on-site health care
(for minor issues), and on-site entertainment and leisure activities for
seniors well enough to partake in them.
Between these two options, assisted living facilities are the
most expensive as insurance is likely to cover at least part of the costs of
retirement care, whereas assisted living, might not be covered in any way under
most insurance policies.
What is in-home care?
In-home care is care that is provided to seniors by certified
and highly trained home care providers, which allows them to have the level of
care they need while permitting them to stay in their homes. The range of
services provided by most in-home caregivers is varied and dependent on the
needs of the senior. The services can be as simple as shopping, cooking,
cleaning, and transportation, or as complex as 24/7 live-in health care.
Home care services providers have the ability to provide
personally tailored services for seniors with a one-on-one care plan that works
best for their needs. In-home care providers can ensure that the senior lives
in a safe and familiar environment by providing non-medical services such as:
assisting with bathing, light housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and
much more. They can also provide more complex medical services such as the administration
of medication and other health-related needs.
Seniors will have a familiar health care provider visit them
each time, allowing them to develop a trustworthy relationship with their
caregiver. Homecare providers can provide an in-home assessment that will help
to determine the seniors’ needs, as well as how they can provide solutions in
order to give the senior the best care possible.
What are the benefits of in-home care?
Many seniors, when given a choice, would prefer to “age in
place”, or live out their lives, despite the problems associated with aging, in
their own homes. In-home care is a great choice for seniors that are active in
their neighborhoods or communities, or those who are particularly attached to
their homes. For more mobile seniors, this is often a more cost-effective
choice than assisted living facilities, and allows the seniors to remain in
their home.
Many seniors are distressed when forced to leave their homes and
feel as if much of their control has been taken from them. By allowing them to
stay in their homes, with their memories and familiar surroundings, many take
to allow caregivers to provide the care they need while maintaining their
dignity and level of independence.
At Preferred Private Care,
we strive to provide the highest quality home care services for seniors in need
of assistance to stay in their homes. We provide a free in-home assessment to
identify potential in-home risks, as well as to identify the exact needs of
seniors and their families. Our highly skilled caregivers provide the highest
quality and are apprised to the exact needs of the senior before ever providing
care so as to ensure the senior receives the highest quality care possible. Our
options are affordable and range from part-time to live-in services to meet the
widely varied needs of different individuals.
