Assessing Your Home-Care Needs

There are a number of options available for finding help at home. The best way to start is to assess the needs of the person you are caring for. In order to help you evaluate what type and how much help you need, consider the following areas of care:

• Personal Care: bathing, eating, dressing, toileting
• Household Care: cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping
• Health Care: medication management, physician's appointments, physical therapy appointments
• Emotional Care: companionship, meaningful activities, conversation

How to provide care for a loved one is a difficult decision for anyone. Many Comfort Keepers have personally experienced a need of their own with a loved one requiring care.

In many cases, in-home care services offer a better solution, allowing seniors to remain in the privacy and comfort of their own home, rather than prematurely moving to a nursing home or assisted living center. Comfort Keepers meets the needs of this population with assistance in managing the activities of daily living, such as meal preparation, incidental transportation and other support services. In addition, Comfort Keepers provides respite care for family members who are assisting with the care of their loved ones.