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Choosing a Senior Home Care Facility

Unfortunately, sometimes the search for a senior home care facility is done on a whim, without any planning whatsoever. This typically happens when an unforeseen medical condition occurs that prompts the need for immediate senior home care assistance. Sometimes, however, families are able to take the time out to review various senior home care facilities and available options before making a final selection.

Regardless of your given timeline, it is important to be prepared when interviewing any prospective senior home care facility. The following information provided can be used as a checklist to help you find that perfect facility to provide senior home care services for your loved one.

Determine Your Senior Care Needs

Before seeking out the assistance of a senior home care facility, you need to know why you need their help in the first place. Does your loved one need hands-on care, such as help with bathing, grooming, and toileting? Or do they simply just need companion senior home care?

Choose a Facility That Offers Specialized Care

If your loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, or Pick’s disease, it is important that you pick a senior home care facility that offers specialized care for memory loss. Caregivers that are employed by facilities that offer senior home care for those with memory loss will have the right qualifications and training to provide the best home care for your loved one.

Decide Who Will Provide Transportation

Will the caregiver that is providing the senior home care need to drive your loved one around to run errands, go to doctor’s appointments, or to attend social events? If so, what car will they take? Will they drive in your loved one’s car or will the caregiver escort him or her in their car? It’s important to discuss this with the senior home care facility, as transportation is an important but, often, overlooked subject.

Determine How Many Hours of Care Are Needed Each Week

It is important to give the senior home care facility an idea of what a typical day is for your loved one. Write down what time they generally wake up, what their schedule is like throughout the day, and what time they usually go to bed. The senior home care facility can use that information, along with what the determined needs are, to make a basic assessment as to how many hours the caregiver should spend at the home. After the first week, hours can be adjusted to meet your loved one’s senior home care needs.