Live-in Care: Decision-making

| Monday, February 27, 2012
By Jack Restinson


There will come a time in your life where you have to make the decision what to do about a parent or elderly loved one, and one option that is becoming more and more plausible is to hire a live-in care representative. Rather than send someone to a hospital or nursing home, think about that idea instead.

Ultimately all that you are doing is hiring someone to watch over a person that can?t completely take care of themselves, and you don?t have time to with your own life and busy schedule going on. Rather than give up you your own life, hiring live-in care might be the perfect solution.

Live-in care comes in many shapes and sizes depending on your individual needs. There are caretakers who simply assist with companionship issues, and then there are other who take care of more detailed health issues, and there are others who do things like light cooking and cleaning and similar household duties.

Agencies that provide live-in care typically advertise the service very well, so you won?t have much trouble finding one when you start looking. You can also contact a local hospital, and they may have their own set of recommendations based on what things you actually need from a provider. Ask all the questions you need.

There are basic and advances services that come with live-in care. Some of the basics deal more with things like getting around and staying engaged with the world around you, while some of the more advances ones deal with nutrition and medication issues, as well as checking into things like heart rate, pulse, breathing, and pain level issues.

And though live-in care is mostly considered for seniors, also realize that they are an option for busy families who want a little bit of help with their children. Rather than hire a babysitter or nanny to comes through occasionally, live-in care providers will always be there to help with things like transportation, homework, and after-school activities.

Once you've started a live-in care program, you should make sure that the staff is always looking to improve their methods. People are not static creatures, challenges happen, and there are always better ways to do things, so a caretaker should be the first one to put into action any better way to accomplish a task that comes up during the day.

So if you?re at a stage in your life where you are going to make a decision about what to do with someone who needs more care that you can provide, consider live-in care as a top-rated alternative to the more depressing concept of sending someone away.




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