How Visiting Angels Schererville, IN's At Home Care Services Can Help With Long Distance Caregiving
Long Distance At Home Care Services in Schererville
Long-distance care refers to at home care services that are provided to a parent who doesn’t live in the same area as family members. This happens when parents move to warmer climates to retire, then need care. It’s not usually realistic to expect you to move to take care of them, so long-distance caregiving is the next best thing.
At Visiting Angels Schererville, we realize that parents don’t always live in the same area as their children or other close relatives. Not only do the parents move away, but the children may also. No matter why you live far from a loved one, you don’t have to worry if they need care. Our at home care services can help.
HOW TO GET STARTED
If your parent lives in a different area than you but could use at home care services, getting started is as simple as picking up the phone. Our team will help you get in contact with the Visiting Angels office closest to your parent.
The local office will then help you get started with at home care services for your parent by speaking with you to gauge the type of care that they need. Some of the things that will be brought up over the phone are:
- Your parent’s place of residence
- Your place of residence
- The care needs of your parent
- How often care will be needed
- How long visits should last
- If your parent will be involved in choices about care
- If your loved one has any chronic care conditions
The next step would be to set up a free, no-obligation face-to-face meeting at your parent’s home. A care coordinator would be there to go over the details of the phone conversation, so your loved one can express any concerns.
After that, we’ll select a caregiver who fits the needs and scheduling of your parent. That caregiver will provide care at the scheduled times and give feedback to your local office. The office will remain in contact with you to ensure that your parent’s needs are met, as well.
If you are worried about your parent and think that at home care services, contact us.