How Home Health Aide Services from Visiting Angels of Aspen Hill Can Help With Long-Distance Caregiving
Long-distance caregiving typically comes into play when a parent lives in another state and they require home health aide services to assist with everyday activities. A common example is when parents retire and migrate to warmer climates, away from their family. Because family members can’t usually relocate to take care of their parents, long-distance caregiving becomes a logical option.
At Visiting Angels of Aspen Hill, we fully understand that families don’t always live around one another. In this fast-paced world, grown children move to pursue careers and even retire, if they are older. No matter the reason for the distance between parents and families, we are here to help with our care services.
GETTING STARTED
If your parent lives in another state and would benefit from our home health aide services, long-distance caregiving is the way to go. Getting started is as easy as a phone call to our office in Silver Spring, MD. Our team will be more than happy to get you in touch with the closest Visiting Angels office that is near your parents.
After you connect with your parents local Visiting Angels office, they will help you get the ball rolling with our home health aide services. This will include a phone conversation to gather some basic information to better assess the situation. Some pertinent information may be:
- Where your parent lives
- Where you live, for reference
- What kind of care your parent needs
- How often your parent needs care
- How long visits need to be
- What your parent’s involvement will be regarding care decisions
- What chronic conditions your parent may have, if any
Once we have received this information from you, we will then schedule a free, no-obligation in-person meeting at your parent’s home. A local care coordinator will sit down with your parent to go over the information you’ve given us to find out if he or she has any other concerns about care.
From there, we will carefully select a caregiver to specifically cater to your parent’s individual needs. This will be done on a schedule of your choosing and the caregiver will provide feedback back to your parents local Visiting Angels office. This will allow the office to ensure that your parent is getting his or her needs met while staying in communication with you and providing updates.
If you have a parent who lives in another state that requires home health aide services to assist with daily routines, then it may be time to consider long-distance caregiving. Call us to learn more.