In-Home Care Services for Seniors in Hickory, NC, and Surrounding Counties

Visiting Angels of Catawba Valley, NC proudly provides compassionate in-home care services to residents of Lenior, Hickory, and other communities here in Caldwell, Burke, Catawba,and Alexander Counties as well as many other parts the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton metropolitan area. Many senior citizens wish to remain in their homes to enjoy their Golden Years as much as possible. We provide high-quality in-home care, ensuring your loved one can continue living and aging in the comfort of their own home. Our caregivers are trained and experienced professionals, ready to meet the health and well-being needs of seniors with respect and dignity.

What Sets Visiting Angels Apart

Low Minimum Required Hours For Care

We offer various services tailored to your senior care requirements, including hourly, overnight, and 24-hour care. At Visiting Angels Catawba Valley, we offer a short shift "Angel Visit" that requires a minimum of 6 hours per week. This is especially convenient for those family living out of town who just want a daily check-in on their loved one.

Veteran Affairs Approved Home Care Agency

We are also a Veteran Affairs approved vendor so we can assist you will you or your loved one with inhome care and support when dealing with Veteran Affairs.

Our team will work with you to create a personalized care plan, focusing on daily needs and activities. Trust Visiting Angels Catawba Valley to provide the care and support you, or your elderly family member deserves.

Our In-Home Care Services in Hickory, NC

At Visiting Angels, we understand the uniqueness of each person and their lifestyle and provide customized solutions that meet an individual patient's needs and comfort level. Our variety of approaches can serve as a starting point for your care plan.

Companion Care

Companion care focuses on the social needs of people who are elderly or disabled and unable to look after themselves. Catawba County Community Conversations identified social isolation and lack of community connectivity as primary concerns for local citizens. Fewer than half of community members in Catawba County feel connected. Social isolation and loneliness increase an individual's risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, dementia, depression, anxiety, and even earlier death.

Our companion care services from Visiting Angels help combat isolation through activities such as card games or walks. We can also provide transportation to social events and activities to help you or your loved one get out in the community.

Personal Care

Our personal care services assist with daily living activities, such as bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing, and moving around the home. We tailor our services to individual needs to ensure health, wellness, and safety. If you or your loved one requires support with nutrition and health, we'll assist with grocery shopping and meal planning and preparation. We can collect prescriptions and provide medication reminders to support your health care plan.

Alzheimer's Care

We know all too well the devastating toll Alzheimer's can take on not only the person suffering from the disease, but also his or her loved ones. Our dedicated and compassionate caregivers will do everything to help your family member remain home and retain independence while battling Alzheimer's.

Dementia Care

Patients with dementia require mindful care with special in-home assistance for their unique condition. Dementia isn't a specific disease but a group of symptoms that impact memory, judgment, and social interaction. It's often associated with Alzheimer's disease, which accounts for between 60% and 80% of cases. 

Our in-home dementia care can include all the companion and personal care elements discussed above. However, if your loved one has dementia, we'll make special accommodations to ensure our services are comfortable and practical for them. These measures include preventing wandering, tracking health symptoms your relative may not remember to report, ensuring they don't forget to eat, and diligently providing medication reminders.

End-Of-Life Care

Navigating the end of life can be challenging for you and your loved one. At Visiting Angels in Catawba Valley, we offer compassionate end-of-life care to help your loved one stay comfortable and well cared for in their final days. We provide nonmedical care on a customized schedule that matches your family's needs. This attention to detail may include respite care when a family caregiver isn't available, 24-hour care throughout the day and night, or anything in between. Our specialized experience eases this transition for everyone in your family.

The Ready, Set, Go Home Program

In North Carolina, the hospital readmittance rate is over 14%. Our supportive adult life programs in Hickory, North Carolina, which include Ready, Set, Go Home, reduce hospital readmissions and help patients transition successfully to their home environment after an extended hospital stay. This program begins with personalized care in the hospital. Our caregivers get to know patients before they're discharged so they can fully understand their needs, establish a trusting relationship, and prepare them for the transition.

During the initial weeks after the discharge, our caregivers offer additional daily living support. If your loved one has had a hospital stay, we'll assist them in relearning essential skills — in new ways if necessary. We'll help them comfortably navigate their living space and accomplish crucial tasks, even if they have new mobility limitations. Finally, we'll coordinate with senior care specialists to assess the transition, determine when your family member no longer needs this program, and receive satisfaction that there's no risk of readmission.

The Safe and Steady Fall Prevention Program

Our Safe and Steady Fall Prevention program provides expert home assessments to help you create a safe home with minimal risk of slips and falls. Every year, around 3 million older people visit an emergency room due to a fall-related injury, with about a million requiring a hospital stay. We can help create a safe home for you or a loved one to provide added protection against this type of injury.

Contact Visiting Angels Today

If you have a loved one who needs extra support around their home in Lenior, Hickory, or anywhere else here in Caldwell, Burke, Catawba, and Alexander Counties, Visiting Angels of Catawba Valley, NC can help. Some of the areas where we have a history of providing home care include Catawba Valley, Lenoir, Hickory, Granite Falls, Caldwell County, and Burke County.

All you need to do is give us a call at (828) 572-4300 to get started. Our caring team will assess your needs and those of your loved ones to develop a personalized level of in-home care and help your beloved senior remain at home and gracefully age in place.