How to Get the Most Out of a Consultation for Elder Care Services in Wheat Ridge, CO and Surrounding Areas
If you’re looking for reliable in-home elder care services, Visiting Angels Denver can help by arranging a free consultation. Here’s how families in Wheat Ridge, Denver, Golden and surrounding areas can benefit from speaking to our care coordinators.
Exploring elder care services for your loved one can prompt a lot of questions. Issues such as cost, scheduling, services and caregiver qualifications might enter your mind. Is in-home senior care the best choice for you? It can be overwhelming.
A free in-home consultation with Visiting Angels Denver provides an opportunity to learn about our services. A care coordinator will come to your loved one’s home and answer your questions. Plus, the coordinator will get to know you and your loved one to understand your specific needs.
Your free consultation will provide expert guidance to help you navigate the decision-making process. It’s the first step to getting professional elder care services.
How Should I Prepare for My Consultation?
Before your consultation, let your loved one know that you are considering hiring a professional home care provider. The decision to hire professional care can be a sensitive, emotionally charged issue which may be met with objections. If your loved one resists the idea, listen to their concerns, but emphasize that their health and well-being are your top priorities.
Also, think about specific elder care services your loved one will need. What time of day does he or she typically need assistance? What tasks are the most challenging? Is there a chronic illness such as Alzheimer’s disease that requires specific services? Also, review your financial situation in advance. How much money is in your budget for in-home care? It’s a good idea to bring a list of questions to cover during the consultation.
What Topics Will We Cover?
Our compassionate care coordinators are skilled at putting seniors and family caregivers at ease, especially when discussing sensitive issues. We will mainly discuss matching your needs with our services. We will also talk about scheduling preferences and how to best collaborate with our office.
Some of the elder care services we offer include:
- Personal Care: meal planning and preparation; light housekeeping; errands and transportation to appointments; mobility assistance; medication reminders; and personal hygiene (bathing, dressing, toileting)
- Social Care: help with modern technology such as email, search engines, and video chat programs to stay in touch with friends and family
- Memory Care: help with dementia caused by Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease; assistance with fall prevention, wandering prevention, and sundown syndrome
Our in-home consultations include complimentary home safety and fall-risk assessments. We’ll examine your loved one’s specific safety needs in their home environment. Your care coordinator will include discussion topics such as caregiver qualifications, safety, oversight and emergency procedures.
When Will Care Begin?
At Visiting Angels Denver, we will use information from your consultation to develop a comprehensive care plan tailored to your loved one’s unique needs. The plan will include a schedule and a description of specific activities and tasks that require caregiver assistance. Your care coordinator will then match your loved one with a compatible caregiver. With our Select Your Caregiver program, you can be sure of a great fit. Although, if you believe the match is not quite right, you can request a different caregiver at any time, for any reason. Caregivers typically begin providing services within 48 hours of the initial consultation. In some cases, services can start the same day.
If you're interested in learning more about our elder care services, contact our Wheat Ridge, CO office at 303-232-9999.
Visiting Angels provides personalized care for seniors throughout Arvada, Aurora, Denver, Glendale, Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and the surrounding areas of Colorado.