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How to Find Your “Perfect Match” – Picking The Right Elderly Care Agency

Finding “The One” can be difficult. Romance aside, picking the right home care agency can ensure that you or your loved one is matched with someone who shares your interests and who is best suited to provide the care that you or your loved one needs.

So what should you look for when choosing a home care agency or a living assistance service?

First, it’s helpful to determine what services you or your loved one will need during the agency’s tenure.

Will you need:

  • Hygiene assistance?
  • Social care?
  • Meal preparation?
  • Transportation?
  • Errand running and grocery shopping?
  • Medication reminders?

Once you have an idea of what you’d like the care provider to accomplish, it’s best to begin your search. While speaking with providers, make sure that you can answer the following questions after your conversation:

  • How does the provider select and train the caregivers that they provide to their clients?
  • Is this provider active within the community?
  • Does your provider have reviews online? Have you heard good things about them through word of mouth?
  • Does this provider assign a supervisor to oversee the care that’s being provided to their professional caregivers?
  • How is the course of patient treatment documented? How can you or your family see the plan and see the items that were taken care of on a day to day basis?
  • How does your provider ensure patient confidentiality?

Asking a potential provider the questions above is commonplace in ensuring that you and your family have the best experience possible once you have employed home care for your loved one. Asking for a list of references may also be a greatly helpful step in leading you to the best fit for your situation.

If you are at a standstill, asking yourself to prioritize the characteristics of each agency can also help you determine which service is right for you.

  • For example, do you want a nationally-recognized and trusted home care agency such as Visiting Angels? Or would you prefer to utilize a local standalone agency?
  • In talking to some of the intake coordinators, which coordinator did you like the most? Who seemed the most light-hearted?

Ranking important factors and then inputting data for each agency can help make the selection process less painful.

If you have any questions regarding selecting a home care service, please do not hesitate to contact our agency. We are more than happy to help you and your loved one find the service that’s right for you.

 

 

Serving Scotts Valley, Watsonville, Marina, Carmel, Santa Cruz, Aptos, Salinas, and throughout Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in California

Visiting Angels CENTRAL COAST IN CALIFORNIA
5274 Scotts Valley Dr #102
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Phone: 831-430-0616
Fax: 831-430-0612
HCO #444700002

Serving Scotts Valley, Watsonville, Marina, Carmel, Santa Cruz, Aptos, Salinas, and throughout Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in California

Visiting Angels CENTRAL COAST IN CALIFORNIA
5274 Scotts Valley Dr #102
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Phone: 831-430-0616
Fax: 831-430-0612
HCO #444700002