After a loved one is diagnosed with dementia, you may find yourself taking on the responsibility of their care. As time goes by, you may start to find that the responsibility of caring for your loved one is growing larger and larger. You may even want to move your loved one to an assisted living facility or nursing home. At Visiting Angels of San Ramon, we’re here to remind you that you have another option.
Our home care aides provide clients with compassionate, knowledgeable care that caters to the individual’s needs and wants. We want all of our clients to have the opportunity to live at home for as long as possible. Also, we want you, as a family caregiver, to have the time to cater to your own responsibilities and own well-being.
At Visiting Angels, we understand the challenges of caring for those with dementia. Unlike other types of senior care, memory care services must be tailored to the specific symptoms, risks, and challenges related to the different types of dementia.
Visiting Angels has partnered with leading dementia specialists to develop a series of certification programs. Basic training is available to all of our home care aides, and many caregivers are certified in advanced dementia care protocols.
These services are offered through Life Care Navigation™, a collection of specialized senior care services, each of which focuses on a different aspect of elderly living. These services include a dedicated Alzheimer’s care program for those with Alzheimer’s disease, which accounts for 60 to 80 percent of all cases of dementia.
Through our dementia care program, we provide assistance with a wide variety of needs. We assist our clients with personal tasks, provide comforting companionship, and offer helpful reminders when needed. Our home care services for seniors with dementia can include help with activities that include:
Visiting Angels offers free care assessments to help you determine if dementia care services are right for your loved one. Your loved one’s care assessment will be performed in the comfort of his or her home. During this assessment, we will outline the foundation for your loved one’s care plan.
First, we will customize a care plan around your loved one’s lifestyle, preferences, and symptoms. If you decided to proceed with care, we will then match your loved one with a home care aide whose skills and strengths are particularly suited to your loved one’s care needs. You will have the opportunity to Select Your Caregiver® to ensure your full peace of mind.
A few years ago we started using Visiting Angels for part-time assistance for my elderly mother. We had tried other services, and we were very disappointed with the quality of care received. Visiting Angels was our last resort, and what a pleasure it was to find them. At the time we only needed assistance about 12-hrs per week. The caregivers were very nice and helpful. I mostly dealt with Sophia, who scheduled the caregivers, and checked in with me regularly to see how things were going. The entire staff were very pleasant to work with, and extremely accommodating. We recently moved mom to an assisted living facility, as she now needs full-time care. We were very pleased with the care and service we received from Visiting Angels, and we would happily recommend the service to anyone in need of the service.