In-Home Care Options

Home Care is an umbrella term used to describe companion care, Home Care (non-medical), and Home Health Care (medical), each of which can be provided at home to make aging easier.

What Is In-Home Care?

There’s no place like home, right? Hey, moving into a retirement community isn’t for everyone; that’s why many people choose to receive care from the comfort of their own home through In-Home Care agencies.

In-Home Care refers to three different types of care that can be provided right at home; each one offers different services – depending on your needs – but they all make aging in place that much easier.

Senior woman sitting next to flower with caregiver while holding her hand

Companion Care

Companion care agencies typically offer:

  • Light housekeeping
  • Meal preparation
  • Transportation
  • Personal shopping and errand running
  • Companionship and social engagement

Home Care

Home Care agencies typically offer:

  • Dressing and grooming
  • Oral hygiene
  • Feeding
  • Transferring and positioning
  • Incontinence care
  • Mobility assistance

Home Health Care

Home Health Care agencies typically offer:

  • Personal care services
  • Medication administration
  • In-home Certified Nursing Assistants
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Other medical care approved and prescribed by a doctor

Care Assessment

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Doctors diagnose, nurses heal, and caregivers make sense of it all.

– Brett Lewis