Our In-Home Services
If you are reading this page, you or someone you love likely needs assistance with essential daily activities that are crucial to their safety, health, and well-being.
It may be difficult to accept the fact that parents or other aging relatives have reached the point that their safety is at risk if they remain alone or unsupervised. If you are concerned about any of the warning signs below, you are in the right place.
If you are concerned about any of the warning signs below, you are in the right place.
- Mail is not collected regularly. Household bills go unpaid or are paid late. Bills and important documents are left lying around, not organized or safely put away.
- Household repairs and maintenance are neglected. Yard maintenance, trash disposal and other household chores remain undone.
- Driving safety becomes as issue, with an increase in violations or accidents, getting lost in familiar areas, and decreased visual acuity.
- Poor selection of food available in the home. Outdated items are left in refrigerator. Meals are not prepared, go uneaten, or are consumed at irregular times of day.
- Personal hygiene is neglected – hair unkempt, nails unclipped or dirty, poor oral hygiene, smell of urine or body odor, unshaven. Same clothing is worn repeatedly.
- Loss of interest in keeping up with housekeeping chores such as laundry, dishes, general cleaning, or complaints of these chores being too difficult or tiring.
- Health concerns due to losing track of medications – not taking, overdosing, drug interactions.
- Getting up and down stairs becomes difficult. Walking unsteadily on even ground, complaints of dizziness, and potential falls are likely.
- Reluctant to leave home, run errands, visit friends and family. Sleeping for long periods and uninterested in usual hobbies, activities and pastimes.
- Negligence which can cause self-harm or danger to others, such as failure to turn off stove, cigarettes left burning.
- Failure to recognize an emergency situation and following up with an appropriate response.
We will personalize services to meet each client’s care needs taking into consideration varying levels of caregiver experience, skill, training and personality characteristics to match your loved one with a compassionate caregiver.
Finding a support system for your loved one can be challenging and we are here to simplify that process for you. We understand how sensitive the situation can be and recognize that accepting assistance and making related decisions can be overwhelming. Our goal is to provide reassurance and peace of mind for everyone involved. The following are a few scenarios where the assistance of At Home Forever can offer valuable assistance:
General Care & Living Assistance
Our caregivers offer support with activities of daily living, commonly referred to as ADLs. Activities of daily living include:
- Personal Care – bathing, grooming, dressing, mealtime assistance, medication reminders, toileting and incontinence care.
- Companionship and Recreation – attending events, visits with friends, lunch and dinner outings, shopping, and exploring hobbies and interests.
- Transportation and Mobility – seeing doctors as scheduled, running errands to grocery store, pharmacy, or other stores, mild exercise and walking outdoors.
- Household Tasks – light cleaning, changing of linens and making of beds, assistance with pets, and laundry.
Bedside Care
- When a loved one is hospitalized, having a private caregiver at the bedside when you cannot be there gives them individualized attention, and gives you peace of mind.
24-Hour Live-in Assistance
When live-in care appears necessary or desirable caregivers can be the answer to assist client’s with comfort, dignity and independence in the place they call home. Options are available and can be tailored to support the needs of the client.
- Option 1 – Caregiver spends 24 hours in home with a full 8-hour overnight sleeping break and intermittent breaks throughout the day. The caregiver is available on an emergency basis during the sleeping break period.
- Option 2 – Caregiver provides “alert and awake” care at all hours (with the exception of standard breaks). This care is typically handled in shifts of two and sometimes three caregivers for clients who need frequent and constant attention throughout all hours of the day.
Post Hospitalization/Surgery Recovery
It is very common for our loved ones to face challenges with their daily activities following surgery or other hospital stays. Assistance with meal preparation, bathing, grooming and transportation to frequent doctor appointments helps ensure a speedy recovery and return to a more normal life after surgery.
