How Visiting Angels Central Coast Can Help Your Loved One Manage Early-Onset Dementia
Visiting Angels Central Coast helps seniors in Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Marina and surrounding areas in California manage early-onset dementia through personalized in-home care services
Visiting Angels Central Coast provides a variety of specialized home care services for seniors in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties with varying needs, including dementia and Alzheimer’s care for older adults with memory and cognitive conditions. While the majority of our dementia care recipients are indeed seniors, some of our clients also have early-onset dementia.
Early-onset dementia is more common than people think. It is estimated that 1 in every 20 dementia cases in America is in fact early-onset dementia, which typically develops in people’s 50s and early 60s but can also manifest in adults in their 30s or 40s.
If you are the partner, parent or child of someone diagnosed with early-onset dementia, you need to plan for their future care. As their condition progresses, you may not be able to care for them on your own. With the help from Visiting Angels Central Coast, home care agency, you do not have to. We can be your partner in care and make sure your loved one gets all the help they need as they face dementia-related challenges.
When Is Home Care Needed for Early-Onset Dementia?
When a loved one receives an early-onset dementia diagnosis, they may at first function without any problems. Later, you may be able to provide sufficient levels of care. However, you should consider professional home care when you notice that you:
- Constantly feel tired or overwhelmed
- Started developing physical problems
- Cannot take good care of yourself due to your care obligations
- Are worried to leave your loved one at home alone
- Are experiencing financial difficulties due to the time you spend caring for your loved one
We understand that you may feel guilty of even considering outside help. However, caring for someone with dementia on your own is extremely difficult, in some cases even impossible. That is why you should at least contact a local care provider if you are showing some of the signs mentioned above.
How Professional In-Home Dementia Care from Visiting Angels Central Coast Helps
With a professional dementia care plan in place, your loved one will get proper physical assistance, emotional support and comfort, and specialized memory care. Dementia care is usually provided by caregivers with training in different dementia care strategies so they can successfully deal with all the challenges that come with caring for a person with cognitive decline.
In addition to helping your loved one, professional dementia care can help you as well. Being a good caregiver for your family members means taking good care of your health and well-being too. With an expert caregiver to help you out, you can rest when you are feeling overwhelmed and take the time to meet your own needs.
Handling the Costs of Professional Dementia Care
At Visiting Angels Central Coast, we know that many families are hesitant to even schedule a care consultation because they are worried about the costs of care. It is good to know that private insurance and government help can cover some if not all the costs of early-onset dementia care.
What you should do is contact your insurer to see if your loved one is eligible for care coverage as well as apply for Medicare.
It is worth considering paying out of pocket too. A good care agency can help you develop a suitable plan of care for your loved one while staying within the limits of your budget.
If you would like to learn more about all these matters or get started with Visiting Angels Central Coast, please contact our Scotts Valley, CA office today. We are happy to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation with our care coordinators and help you figure things out.