Get the Most Out of a Free Home Care Consultation with Visiting Angels of Boulder County
Visiting Angels of Boulder County offers a FREE consultation to families in Longmont, Boulder, Louisville, and nearby cities in Colorado
Exploring in-home care services for your elderly oved 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 consultation with Visiting Angels of Boulder County provides an opportunity to learn about our services. A care coordinator will come to your home to answer questions. 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, explain to your loved one that you are considering hiring a professional home care provider. The decision to hire a professional caregiver 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 care needs. 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 private home care? It’s a good idea to bring a list of questions to cover during the consultation.
What Topics Will We Cover?
We will sit down together and find solutions. At Visiting Angels of Boulder County, our 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.
Home care topics might 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?
Your Visiting Angels of Boulder County care coordinator will use information from your consultation to develop a unique, comprehensive care plan. It will include a schedule and a description of specific activities and tasks that require caregiver assistance. Your care coordinator will match your loved one with a compatible caregiver. With our Select Your Caregiver program, you can be sure of a great fit.
Caregivers typically begin providing services within 48 hours of the initial consultation. In some cases, services can begin the same day.
Now Offering Virtual Consultations!
Whether you’re worried about the COVID-19 pandemic and want a safe way to contact our care coordinators or you live outside of Boulder County and want to be involved in arranging in-home care for your loved one, you can now schedule a virtual consultation with Visiting Angels! We can schedule an in-person meeting with your loved one and have you join via phone or video call or chat with both you and your loved one over phone or video call.
If you're interested in learning more about Visiting Angels of Boulder County, contact our Longmont, CO office today at 303-848-2331.
Visiting Angels provides personalized home care services for elderly and disabled adults in Allenspark, Boulder, Eldorado Springs, Erie, Hygiene, Lafayette, Longmont, Louisville, Lyons, Nederland, Niwot, Pinecliff, Ward and the surrounding areas of Boulder County, CO.