October 2009 Newsletter

The Agency Advantage—Peace of Mind

When it comes to home health care for a member of your family, you question everything. Partnering with Assisting Angels, Inc. will help answer those questions, including the most important one — Will my loved one be well cared for and his or her quality of life maintained—in a safe, affordable, and convenient manner?

Assisting Angels, Inc. is a professional non-medical home health care agency. We employ* all of our in-home caregivers and provide their screening, insurance, and supervision. Our initial assessment is a crucial step to ensure that the needs of your loved one are identified and matched with the skills and competencies of the chosen caregiver.
*Assisting Angels, Inc. withholds all necessary employment taxes and provides worker’s compensation, which relieves our clients from the burden of these liabilities. We are a Senior Approved agency. Verify our excellent customer satisfaction survey results by call Senior Approved at 1-877-620-6448.

Your Home Health Care Decision: Agency or Independent Caregiver

Once you choose home health care for an aging loved one, you must decide the type of care you prefer—an agency or independent caregiver. When examining this issue, consider the pros and cons of the situation.

 Home Health Care Agency

    ·         The Agency is responsible for recruiting and interviewing applicants

    ·         The Agency performs background checks,  reference checks, and drug screenings

    ·         The Agency assumes responsibility for employer taxes, insurance, benefits, etc.

    ·         The Agency assumes full liability for all care provided to your loved one

    ·         Back-up system in place should usual caregiver be unable to work


September 2009 Newsletter

Services to Help Seniors Stay At HomeTips for locating and choosing a home care service provider in Greenville, SC

Every year, over 20,000 agencies nationwide provide home care services to more than two million people with physical disabilities, chronic health problems, dementia, or terminal illnesses. As the population ages, the number of home care agencies will continue to grow.

We are living longer and healthier lives than ever before! But, if a time comes when help is needed, questions about arrangements for assistance or care will arise. Because most seniors wish to remain in their own homes, a wide variety of home care services have emerged to make this possible.

Home care usually refers to non-medical services that assist seniors with activities of daily living. Home care is an increasingly popular choice for care because it enables individuals to remain in their own environments, and can also give family caregivers a much needed break.

For example, simple tasks such as housekeeping, shopping, meal preparation, or driving to appointments can become increasingly difficult for many older adults. Personal tasks such as bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and even transferring from the bed to a chair can became unmanageable alone. A Senior Approved Home Care agency provides such services. Home care providers are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They may work by themselves or as a team on a shift, part-time, hourly, live-in, or on an as-needed basis.

Types of services available for seniors living at home range from Homemaker Services which can include help with cooking, light cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, and other household chores and also Personal Care Services which provide assistance with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, toilet use, grooming and eating. Companionship and Respite Care are popular services as well.

Many caregivers considering using home care services because they feel there just are not enough hours in the day. It is difficult to care for all of the needs of a family member and still have enough time and energy left for your own family, a job, and yourself. Exhaustion and stress can become overwhelming. If this description fits you, it is time to consider contacting a home care agency for home care services.

Seniors who become home care recipients would rather stay in their own personal homes than move into residential care. This type of home care is very well suited for long distance care giving situations in which the primary caregiver cannot be there in person and the elder needs assistance or monitoring.

To locate home care provider agencies, check your local Yellow Page listings under Home Health Care, contact the Area Agency on Aging, local senior organizations, search the internet, or ask friends and acquaintances.

For more information, you may visit www.seniorsapprove.com.


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Please call today for your FREE emergency Vial of Life. We know the importance of having life saving medical information readily available in the event of an emergency and with this Vial of Life we provide it. The Vial of Life is a small bag that contains all your emergency information. Stickers are placed on the bag and the front door to notify emergency responders in an emergency where to locate vital medical information.

Assisting Angels is providing Vial of Life FREE to anyone who needs one. Please call now 864-288-7100 and we will rush one to you.

   

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