All across the country, every day, families are first astounded, and then enraged, by the prices they have to pay for convalescent care in some retirement communities.
Yes, the family has many options – but many of them will completely swallow up even a significant estate that someone has built carefully over the course of their life. With that in mind, many families are looking for qualified home care as an excellent alternative. Staying in a home or staying out of price-gouging corporate community contracts is a great thing, if your elderly family member is well cared for. However, that can be a big if!
At Like Family Home Care, that's what we do (the name says it all, right?). We excel in treating your elderly family members like they’re part of ours – and we’re proud of not just the quality of care, but the relationships that we build with seniors as they age.
Personal Care
Personal care is such an important component of long-term care that it makes sense to focus on this topic first. Many elderly people have mobility or cognitive problems as they age. They may be able to do some things to take care of themselves, but not others.
At Like Family Home Care, we make toileting, showering and other personal daily routines easy with staff who understand that this is a job deeply involving personal relationships. It's incredibly important to have partners and employees who will come into a home and do those services well, understanding the sensitivity and care that has to go along with them.
Meal Preparation
Everyone needs to eat, and that's another big component of what you pay for in a comprehensive assisted living contract.
Family Home Care helps to personalize and customize your family member’s options, so that he or she can get fed without overpaying for a corporate cafeteria contract. Instead of being served like you would in a hospital, the individuals who are under our care can choose their menus and get meal preparation options that suit them!
Transportation
Here's another very important part of the logistics of caring for a family member that has some families frazzled and frustrated – how do you get him or her from point A to point B?
Once again, comprehensive contracts have transportation built-in. But we approach it from a completely independent service model, to make sure that everything works in the best way for our clients. Rather than bringing a cookie-cutter approach, we take time to understand your family member’s transportation needs and how to utilize available resources like public transit systems and other stakeholders to deliver the best care for the best price.
Call us and ask about how to get creative in setting up your aging family members for long-term comfort and confidence.
