When you’re ready to hire a home health care provider for your aging loved one, finding the right agency or provider can be difficult. You want to make sure your family member is in good hands.
Here are a few tips for doing so – and ensuring that your experience with home care is a positive one from the start:
Determine Your Needs First
Do you need a caregiver or a nurse? There is a difference between the two, primarily regarding the services they can provide. For seniors who need everyday assistance with their routine, a caregiver or assistant should be enough. For those with more complex medical needs, a certified nurse is typically necessary.
Talk About Everyday Operations
Does your preferred agency send the same provider every day? What happens when that provider is injured, ill, or otherwise unavailable? Finding the answers to these questions will help you put your mind and the senior loved one’s at ease.
Ask for a Meeting
If the same provider will be working with your loved one every day or most of the time, it is a good idea to ask for a meeting with that person before care begins- and so you can get a sense of who the provider is and how good of a fit they will be for your loved one. Again, this can help put your mind at ease and make the process easier for your entire family.
Ready to find a provider of senior home care in Chevy Chase, MD? Contact the industry leaders at Capital City Nurses for more information!
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