The Advantages of In-Home Care

Homecare is great for Vancouver Seniors!

Today, B.C. seniors do not need to move into nursing homes just because they are unable to live entirely independently. For seniors who need just a little help, in-home care is a wonderful option.

A in-home care program can include many key medical services, including nursing, medication management, physical therapy, hygiene assistance, or bathing.

But many in-home care services are not specifically health related, such as companionship, transportation, and shopping!

More benefits of in-home care are listed below:

Hospital Discharge
When someone has enlisted the services of an in-home health care provider who can offer reasonable recuperative care, doctors are much more inclined to let that patient return home.

Privacy and Comfort
Most elderly patients prefer the privacy of their own home, as opposed to group homes or hospitals. A clinical setting can be uncomfortable for anyone, especially the elderly, and in-home care helps them avoid it.

Family Accessibility
Family and friends know they can always visit a senior in their own home, rather than waiting for appointed visiting times. And knowing an in-home caregiver is assisting the senior with their basic needs, allows others visit more casually.

Less Isolation
In-home caregivers excel at connecting the elderly and know about other support groups, senior services, and programs. They are great for helping an elderly person live as normally as possible.

Lower Cost
The cost of an intermittent in-home caregiver can be much less than full-time nursing home fees. Considering all its other great benefits, this makes in-home care a great option and a great bargain for as long as it remains feasible!

In-home care is perfect for someone who wants the comfort of knowing an elderly family member is getting the support and help they need, rather living in a nursing home unnecessarily.

Daphne Garder enjoys writing about health, fitness, and term life insurance quotes.