For seniors living at home alone, Homemaking and Companionship Care offer non-clinical assistance from professionals with a heart to serve.
Some seniors who live alone at home are in good enough health to manage their physical care needs, such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and taking medication. For these seniors, living alone presents a different risk – loneliness.
Loneliness and social isolation have been linked to higher risks of other health issues, including high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, weakened immune system, anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, and even death.
The purpose of companionship care from River Oaks Home Care is to offer company and friendship. The ultimate goal of our companions is to ensure the seniors are benefiting from quality connections and healthy activities.
Adult children want to make sure their aging parents are both physically and mentally well. With families of their own and busy schedules, they often have less time for regular check-ins than they would like, and so children often choose to hire companions to keep an eye on their aging parents and make sure they do not feel alone.
Some of the services offered by companionship care, in addition to the ones already noted above, include:
Think of homemaking as an addition to companionship care. With a homemaker, seniors will receive all the benefits of a companion, but the services extend to include additional aid. Some of the services offered by homemaking, in addition to the ones already noted above, include:
Benefits Of Companionship Care and Homemaking
These services differ slightly in how they function, but are both essential to a senior’s well-being. From taking away loneliness to ensuring proper nutrition, companionship care and homemaking have many benefits for seniors.
For example, if you suspect your loved one isn’t eating well, having a homemaker available to cook nutritious meals can turn around your family member’s health.
Here are just a few of the benefits these services offer:
Companionship care and homemaking services are separate from typical home health aides.
River Oaks Home Care companion professionals are able to serve, but not to any personal, hands-on care capacity.
For example, companions cannot help patients bathe or take their medications. Instead, they can prepare the bath and remind patients to take their medications.
Hiring companions or homemakers will cost less than hiring a home health aide, who undergoes additional training and usually needs a state license to provide hands-on care. The difference in cost can run $4-5 less per hour. For additional information on budget and payment options, see our Funding Options page.
When you call River Oaks Home Care, we will begin the process of getting to know you, your senior loved, and your unique situation. We will schedule a time for one of our professionals to visit your loved one’s home and provide a free assessment to determine your needs.
We’ll review your budget and discuss all of the available [payment options] for your care, including PA Support Services Waivers, the VA Aid & Attendance Pension Benefit, insurance, and private pay.
To determine the best schedule for companionship care and homemaking visits, we will partner with you and be very flexible to meet your family’s needs. We would love to meet you and answer any questions you may have about how we can support your loved one in the comfort of his or her home!
Contact us today to schedule your free care consultation.
