In-home health care helps seniors remain in the comfort of their home while receiving help with day-to-day task. If you are trying to determine if there is a benefit in receiving in at home support care, consider the following reasons to see if home care is the right choice for you.
8 Benefits of Home Care
1. Home Health Aides can be there when you aren't able to.
If you are caring for your senior mom or dad from a distance, home health care can give you peace of mind. Amorycare Certified Home Health aides in Union County, are continuously trained to focus on the safety of your elder loved one. Even when you are away or out of town, your loved one is being cared for by a home health care professional.
2. Home Health care assist with everyday activities
Help with activities of day-to-day can include bathing, meal prep, and medication reminders.
Home health care services enable your elderly loved one to receive one-on-one care.
4. Support with dietary needs
Are you concerned about your loved ones dietary needs? Seniors and aging adults are more likely to be nutritionally at-risk. Aging and injury can induce a reduction of body mass, which can result in ill health, or a hospitalization. Certified Home health aide can assist with home-cooked meals and dietary management to aide against malnutrition. In-home health services allow adults to receive everyday support with the personal care they need.
5. Medication Management
Your loved one may be taking multiple prescriptions and it can become difficult to manage. A Home health aide can help with medication management by ensuring that your loved one is taking the right medication, at the right time and on time. Medication management is essential to help prevent harmful drug interactions.
6. Home care helps with light housekeeping
Everyday housekeeping chores such as dusting, laundry, sweeping and dish-washing can become difficult for the aging adult to do. A Home health aide can assist with those simple chores and help maintain a clean and safe home.
Home health aides help to reduce the feelings of loneliness and isolation. By accompanying your loved one in errand runs, grocery shopping, doctor visits and other outdoor activities, can help your loved one combat the negative feeling of being alone.
Home Health Care is an affordable way to help your loved ones age in place. The average cost of care from a hospital or assisted living facilities is $544 dollars per day, while the average cost of home health care per visit is $132 dollars.
If you or your family member is considering in-home care as part of a plan to age in place, contact Amorycare today for a free consultation. Our team is dedicated to supporting your family and helping older adults enjoy life in the comfort of their own home for as long as possible.
Some of the services offered by Family Matter In-Home Care include: Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care, Companionship, Personal Care, Recovery Care and more.
Amorycare is a Home Care agency that provides home care services in these towns in Union County NJ, Berkeley Heights, Summit, Linden, Scotch Plains, Westfield, Murray Hill, Plainfield, Mountainside, Garwood, Clark, New Providence, Elizabeth, Roselle Park, Winfield, Kenilworth, Vauxhall, Cranford, Springfield, Union and Fanwood NJ.
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