Home Care Services

Live-in Home Care

Live in caregivers provide all the same types of care and have all the same duties as other home care or home health care workers.  They can provide personal care, assistance with the activities of daily living, companionship, and if trained, nursing services. Care is (or can be) on par with that provided in assisted living or nursing homes.  It is very common for live-in caregivers to also prepare meals, do the shopping and provide transportation assistance for recreational activities or medical appointments.   Live in caregivers are especially common when assisting persons with Alzheimer’s as they require supervision but necessarily constant care.  Persons with Parkinson’s related dementia also utilize live in care as they require assistance with mobility but not necessarily higher level nursing skills.

Home Health Care Visits

Home health care refers to a higher level of care which requires medical training. This includes procedures such as checking the individual's vitals, respiration and assisting with braces, artificial limbs and other medical equipment such as ventilators. To be clear, it is not unusual for home health care providers to also provide custodial care such as, assistance with bathing and dressing the individual, help with laundry, cooking and accompanying them to doctors’ appointments or on other errands, during their home visits.