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Live-In Home Care
An aide lives in the home to provide both personal care and homemaking services.
- Help client stay in touch with family, friends and the community
- Plan and cook appealing and nutritious meals and snacks that encourage the client to eat a healthy diet. Remind client to drink water on a regular basis.
- Provide assisted living help with bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming and eating
- Help client with safe exercise routine, walking and moving to and from beds, chairs and toilet
- Remind client to take pills at the right time
- Perform light cleaning including dusting, light vacuuming and bathroom cleaning
- Wash client’s laundry and change towels and bed linens to ensure that the client is clean and dry at all times
- Provide care and feeding of pets
- Assist with making phone calls and appointments, picking up and sorting mail and filling out forms
- Join client in reading, games, and other enjoyable activities
- Maintain a safe and comfortable home environment that eliminates possible accidents
- Run errands including banking, going to the post office and dry cleaners (an extra fee may apply)
- Go with client to medical appointments, clarify physician instructions and report to family members. Make sure all follow-up tests or appointments are scheduled and completed.
- Go with client to out-of-home social activities and events
- Monitor client's status and report changes to supervisor, keep the supervisor informed of the care being provided and any questions or issues that arise in discussion with family members.
- Communicate with responsible family members about the client's preferences, former habits, interests, condition, level of function and any questions about the client or household situation.
If your elderly parent or family members could use this kind of help, contact LifeTime Solutions, a Connecticut assisted living home care agency. Call LifeTime Solutions at 866.968.7587 (toll-free) for a low cost consultation to take the worry of elder care off your shoulders and on to ours. Or use our easy Contact Form to request information and get answers about assisted living home care services. LifeTime Solutions is a proud affiliate of VNA Community Healthcare, a local, non-profit visiting nurse association.
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