Home is Where the Heart is and Caregiving Experts can provide extra care and support!
In 2013, there were 101 Independent Living Communities in the Greater Detroit Metro Area and Suburbs. Some seniors choose to call these wonderful senior living communities home as they age. Caregiving Experts works with both the families and Independent Living Community staff to provide residents care just as if they were at home.
Companion and Personal Care Services for Residents of Independent Living Communities
Most Independent Living Communities provide a nurturing home for seniors and elderly adults. As we all age, Companion and Personal Care Services become a valuable resource to help a loved one age with grace and dignity. These services are a vitally important part to making sure that your loved one remains connected to the outside world and stay mentally alert. This can be for a short period of time after a hospital or rehabilitation stay or for those individuals living with a debilitating condition or chronic illness.
Companion Care Services not only provides comfort, friendship and emotional support, but also include such things as errands, a visit to the salon, tasks and chores that make life easier for our clients and their loved ones. Following are some specific examples.
- Ambulation supervision
- Arts & crafts
- Bedtime tuck-in set-up
- Board and card games
- Clothing set-up
- Family communication
- Transportation and escort to Medical appointments
- Hobbies
- Help with errands
- Hair salon
- Hosting social activities
- Light housekeeping
- Laundry
- Medication reminders
- Reading together
- Linen changes
- Prescription pick up
- Shaving: electric razor set-up
- Social engagement
Along with companion care services, personal care services for a more “hands on” care experience can be provide and may include:
- Adaptive devices assistance
- Ambulation assistance
- Ambulation walker assistance
- Ambulation wheelchair assist
- Ambulation cane assistance
- Ambulation standby assist
- Back up care
- Bathing & grooming assistance
- Bed pan
- Body moisturizer application
- Catheter care
- Commode full assist
- Commode standby assist
- Denture care
- Eating assistance
- Finger nails – file only
- Hospice Care/End-of-Life Care
- Incontinent care
- Making occupied bed
- Oral care full assist
- Perineal (personal) care assist
- Prescriptions pick up
- Pressure sore prevention
- Shampoo hair full assist
- Shampoo hair standby assist
- Shower full assist
- Shower standby assist
- Toileting assistance
- Transfer assistance
- Transfer in and out of vehicle
- Transfer standby assist
- Transfer with assisted lift
- Transportation – assisted
- Turning and repositioning
- Urinal full assist
- Urinal standby assist
Staying Safe, Secure and Independent: The Benefits
Supplementing your loved ones Independent Living experience can yield the following beneficial results:
- Allowing your loved one to stay in their Community. If a resident has a decline in their physical abilities, the Independent Living Community may require they move to an Assisted Living or skilled living center. This can be both more expensive and cause disruption in your loved ones life.
- A little extra help can enhance your loved ones quality of life, self-image and dignity.
- A caregiver can help your loved one get out and about by providing transportation and a great socialization.
- A more diverse set of experiences.
- Give family members Peace of Mind.
Your Trusted Source for In-Home Care in an Independent Living Center
Caregiving Experts offers In Home Health Care and Support in Independent Living Communities throughout Southeast Michigan including Wayne County, Oakland County and Macomb County. We provide our home care, senior care and dementia care services to residents of Plymouth, Livonia, Canton, Novi, Farmington, Commerce Twp., Bloomfield, Southfield, Royal Oak, Troy, Rochester Hills, Clinton Twp., Warren, Grosse Pointe, Dearborn, Allen Park, and White Lake to name a few.