Three Key Tips for Finding a Compatible Caregiver

Visiting Angels helps families in Eldersburg, MD select qualified and compatible caregivers

When families start looking for professional in-home care for their senior loved ones, many find that choosing the right agency can be a difficult process as there are just too many details one needs to consider.  At Visiting Angels Eldersburg, our Select Your Caregiver option is designed to match your loved one with a compatible care provider with the right skills and personality.

What to Look for in a Caregiver

If you are searching for a quality home care provider at the moment, these three tips can be the key to finding a perfect care solution for your loved one.

1. Check for Skills & Experience

Home care is a huge industry, branching into many different types of services. Before meeting with home care agencies, you might want to do a little bit of online research and write down a list of services your loved one requires.

Make sure to go through this list with potential home care providers during initial meetings and review every detail. Check for training, experience, insurance and employment arrangements, proper licensing and so on.

2. Choose a Care Provider with Personality

When it comes to choosing a suitable care provider for your loved one, personal traits and compatibility with a care recipient can sometimes be more important than professional skills. After all, your mom or dad will spend several hours each week with their care aide, so you need to take personality into account to make it work.

For this reason, during initial in-person meetings with potential caregivers, both you and your loved one should look for personal traits such as compassion, dedication, empathy, trustworthiness or anything else you highly value in a person.

Trust your instincts and make sure that you and your loved one are on the same page before making the final decision.

3. Caregiver Availability & Scheduling

Scheduling and care professional availability is the third important factor when choosing a compatible care provider for your parent. This, of course, mainly depends on what type of care your mom or dad requires. Some seniors can get by with only a few hours of assistance per week while others need full-time or even 24-hour specialized care due to a medical problem or certain mobility issues. The more intensive the caregiving needs, the more difficult it will be to find a care professional with suitable availability.

In addition to this, most older adults are set in their daily routines and they do not appreciate when it is interrupted in any major way. It is important to choose a provider who can complement these routines and work with the schedule you set up.

Reach out to Visiting Angels Eldersburg today to learn more about how we can help you find a perfect care provider for Mom or Dad. We can also offer you a free in-home consultation where we can discuss your needs further. We are looking forward to working with your family!

Visiting Angels Eldersburg provides quality in-home care for seniors in Eldersburg, Westminster, Ellicott City, Baltimore, Randallstown, Columbia and surrounding areas in Maryland.