With 24-hour home care services, your dad isn’t alone at any time of the day or night. This form of home care offers services like light housekeeping, meal preparation, transportation, personal care, and companionship. But, the services are available day and night with a team of caregivers.
How do you know when 24-hour home care is necessary? What are the signs to look for? Ask yourself these questions to determine when it’s time.
What Health Issues Does He Have?
Certain health issues increase the necessity of 24-hour home care. Dementia is one of them. Your dad’s risk of wandering, insomnia, delusions, and paranoia are too high to leave him by himself.
If he’s recovering from a stroke or heart attack, he cannot be left alone. Someone needs to be ready to help him if he’s not feeling well. He may have medications he has to take at specific intervals, so someone needs to be ready to wake him up to take another pill.
Suppose your dad isn’t very mobile and broke his hip. He’s going to need someone awake and ready to help him with middle-of-the-night bathroom trips.
Those are all areas where 24-hour home care helps. He has a team of caregivers working in shifts all day and all night. When one caregiver’s shift is up, the next caregiver comes to his home to take over. No one is at his home sleeping, so you don’t have to worry about having a bedroom set up for a caregiver to move into.
Is Anyone Helping Him or in His Home at Night?
Does your dad live with you or does someone live with him? If he has someone in the home, what is their work schedule? If they have a full-time job, being up and tending to his needs in the middle of the night may not be feasible.
If he lives alone, he needs someone with him during the night. He cannot be alone with certain health issues. If he has Alzheimer’s, he could start wandering in the middle of the night and get lost. If he has heart disease and had a cardiac event, he might not be close enough to a phone to get help.
Does He Suffer From Insomnia?
Insomnia occurs as a side effect of some medications, with some health conditions, or just as you age. If your dad frequently wakes up in the middle of the night, he may be unable to get back to sleep. With 24-hour home care, he’ll have a caregiver available to prepare him a meal, talk to him, or help him get showered and dressed.
Does His Doctor Recommend 24-Hour Home Care?
What does his doctor say about your dad being alone all day and night? If he’s reached a point where 24-hour home care is recommended, you need to take his doctor’s advice. Risking his safety isn’t the right step to take, even if it seems easier than dealing with your dad’s agitation about needing caregivers.
Gather a list of questions that you, your dad, and other family caregivers have. Talk to our specialist in 24-hour home care to get answers to those questions and make the arrangements your dad needs.
If you or an aging loved one are considering 24-Hour Home Care Services near Bethel CT, please call and talk to our friendly and dedicated staff. (203) 744-8380
Home Care Advantage provides quality Non-Medical Home Care for seniors and families in Danbury, Bethel, Easton, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Southbury, Weston, Westport, Wilton, and surrounding areas.
With over 25 years of healthcare experience working with seniors, our model and approach to non-medical home care services are straightforward, providing you with the compassionate care you deserve. Providing care from the heart is what we are all about; we proactively work with you and your family to develop a care plan designed to meet your specific need for assistance and budget.
In addition to having an extensive work background in healthcare, my recent educational experience allowed me to earn my Doctorate Degree in public healthcare. This achievement enhanced my knowledge of the ever-evolving healthcare delivery system and heightened my awareness that you cannot go it alone to get the best outcome. Additionally, I have seen how some of my family members struggled and were overwhelmed with ensuring that their parents were safe and their needs were met. They did not know who to trust or where to turn for reliable and affordable help. I have made it our mission to be part of the solution allowing seniors to remain independent and be treated with the respect they deserve.
We are committed to providing excellent care for our clients, just as we would care for members of our own families. Please be assured that I will use my knowledge and background to protect and be a trusted resource for seniors and their families.
You can be confident that our caregivers are carefully screened, dependable, and selectively chosen to meet the specific needs of our clients. They are experienced and highly trained to provide excellent quality care and follow a strict professional code of conduct and ethics.
Our caregivers are competitively paid directly by our agency; there is no additional charge to you. Home Care Advantage files Social Security/Medicare, Federal and State Withholding Tax, and Unemployment Insurance for our employees. Workers’ compensation insurance and a fidelity bond cover the caregivers and supervisory staff.
Our caregivers are here for you and will work hard to assist you with your specific needs in the comfort of your own home. It is said that “Home is where the heart is.” Let Home Care Advantage provide care that will enrich your life and help you maintain an independent lifestyle in the comfort of your own home, “where you want to be.” Call us now! We look forward to working with you and your family.
Dr. Beverly J. Ruekberg, DHP, MPH, MA, Ed.
President/Geriatric Care Manager
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