Medicare covers hospital stays for your loved ones (Part A), medical equipment (Part B), and medications (Part D), but NOT home care services. Medicare may in some circumstances pay for skilled care services, such as catheterization, wound care, and medication. Unfortunately, Medicare will not pay for services if you or a loved one needs help with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, meal preparation, cleaning, laundry, and/or errands.

Any in-home personal care service has charges, of course, but these expenditures are significantly more flexible than those related to entering a nursing home. Home care service costs are significantly less than facility care because of the versatility and value of remaining in your own home.

Most people like to feel autonomous for as long as possible, especially as they get older. A widespread misconception is that having a caretaker will make someone less independent, but in reality, having a caregiver can improve safety and quality of life while also increasing a person’s independence by delaying and possibly averting a serious accident. Many elderly people who live alone are less alert and watchful than they formerly were. Not only would having an assistant there greatly reduce the likelihood of mishaps, crippling conditions, and catastrophic injuries, but prevention will also improve safety and quality of life. A trained personal care aide can help people remember to take their medications, be mindful of things like stoves being left on, doors being closed and locked, wondering at night, and other ailments of chronic diseases like Alzheimer’s or any other condition causing the brain to function abnormally when a cognitive condition is present. The unfortunate truth is that most families do not think about hiring an assistant until the issue has deteriorated from being manageable to being exceedingly dangerous and/or life-threatening.

Like the majority of other home care organizations, HOME, INC. offers more specialized, intimate, and involved care than a nursing home would or could. One nursing assistant may be in charge of five to ten patients at once in a nursing home. Because it is IMPOSSIBLE to look after 5–10 individuals at once and give each person the care they need, no one is receiving specialized personal care. 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in-home caregivers will keep an eye on your prescriptions and vital signs. An in-home care aide can concentrate, pay closer attention, and communicate with one important patient because they are only in charge of one patient at one.

This widespread misunderstanding couldn’t be more false. In fact, when a caregiver is involved, family and friends are given the freedom to remain as such. A home care aide can assist in relieving stress and enabling time for a break from caring for a parent or family on occasion. Caretakers can offer respite care, enabling loved ones to achieve much-needed life balance and avoid feeling as overwhelmed by the burden of overworking oneself mentally, physically, and emotionally.