Personal Care
Personal care services are hands-on services that help people with important daily tasks they can’t do independently. These services, which are often called “Instrumental Activities of Daily Life” (IADLs) or Activities of Daily Living” (ADLs), are usually enough for a person to stay in their own home instead of moving to assisted living or a nursing home.
Definition of Personal Care Services
Personal care services provide practical assistance with essential everyday tasks that people are unable to complete on their own. Most of the time, these services—often referred to as “Activities of Daily Living” (ADLs)—are sufficient for a person to continue living independently in their own home rather than going into assisted living or a nursing home.
Personal Care
Everyday functions like taking care of your personal hygiene, climbing stairs, and getting out of bed are often taken for granted. As you age, these things become harder to handle. Often, family members think that relocating aging loved ones into nursing homes is the only option. Caregiving companies can provide personal care with dignity and respect, providing comfort rather than frustration in the home.
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Category of Personal Care
Social and medical services
Medical social workers assist patients in a variety of ways, including counseling and locating needed resources to aid in their recovery. Some social workers serve as case managers, particularly when the patient’s health demands several services and is complicated.
Home health assistant assistance
The patient can receive assistance from a home health aide (HHA) with tasks including getting out of bed, moving around, taking a bath, and dressing. Some aides are equipped with specialized training that enables them to assist with more complicated care while being supervised by a nurse.
Homemaker
A homemaker or other person who assists with responsibilities can keep the house running while a patient is receiving medical treatment at home by preparing meals, doing laundry, shopping for groceries, and performing other housekeeping activities.
Patients Who May Need Personal Care Include:
- Patients who are recovering from an accident
- Patients who have heart disease
- heart failure, diabetes, or Cancer
- Patients who are disabled for life.
- Ending with end-of-life care
- Alzheimer’s disease
A home health aide or personal care aide’s primary responsibility is to assist with personal care. Giving the individual personal attention demonstrates your concern for their general and physical well-being. Personal care helps to stop the spread of illnesses and personal care aides and home health aides can work together to stop the spread of diseases and keep patients healthy. P personal care aides and home health aides can assist with washing, tooth and gum brushing, dressing and grooming, using the restroom, and eating. Assisting patients with walking and shifting them from one position to another.
Stay In home care offers round-the-clock care to senior citizens.
Personal in-home care is the best option for you or a loved one if you’re wanting for a detailed, affordable substitute to any kind of medical live-in institution. For many senior individuals, the emotional burden of leaving the familiarity and comfort of home frequently causes physical decline, additional loss of independence, and a reduction in quality of life. Because stay home allows one to live by their own rules, many seniors desire to continue living in their own houses as they get older. Making their own rules is a major factor for seniors receiving in-home care as opposed to care in a senior institution, which a various source has documented.
- Stay In Home Care is on call 24 hours a day.
- Stay in Home Care is flexible!
- Stay in Home Care offers family support
Because home care is personalized, your loved one can be the caregiver’s main priority. Their responsibility is to give your loved one the degree of attention and care necessary to keep them secure and comfortable. The personal care needs of an in-home client are met in a setting that is far more familiar and cozier than a residential facility because an in-home caregiver is caring for only one client inside of their own home
- Bathing, dressing, and grooming assistance
- Medication reminders and assistance
- Assisting with walking and transferring from bed to wheelchair (if applicable)
- Safety and fall prevention measures
- Status reporting to the family by request
- Toileting and incontinence care
- 24-hour monitoring after a procedure or hospital stay
- Lifestyle support and resources provided
- Light housekeeping
- Cleaning the house
- Meal preparation and feeding
- Laundry and change of bed linens when required
- Grocery shopping and errands
- Pharmacy pick up & drop-offs
- Transportation to social and recreational activities
- Assistance with light exercise and outdoor activity
- Companionship and community engagement
Mobility Assistance
Mobility isn’t just a matter of safety—it’s a matter of freedom. Right at Home’s caregivers have been trusted to help preserve that freedom for seniors and adults with disabilities across the country. We can help you with:
- Walking assistance
- Paraplegia/quadriplegia care
- Wheelchair assistance
- Safety supervision
- Transferring
Hygiene
Personal hygiene is an important part of feeling well. But we know that as one ages, basic hygiene can become a challenge. Our caregivers can discreetly help with:
- Bathing
- Bed baths
- Shower and tub assistance
- Stand-by assistance
Personal Hygiene
- Grooming
- Dressing
- Oral care
- Bathroom and incontinence assistance
Feeding
Not only can our trained caregivers help with planning and preparing meals that fit special dietary needs, they can also help seniors who experience problems feeding themselves. No matter the situation, we’ve got you covered.
