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= Featured ProviderBlueDot Cares is an in-home healthcare service in Charlotte that has helped more than 40,000 local families over the years. Caregivers can help with meal preparation, housekeeping, bathing and grooming, mobility and transfers, and can assist seniors with errands and transportation. The organization also specializes in respite care services.
(86)Compassionate Care of Charlotte, Inc. has caregivers available 24 hours per day seven days per week who are professional and reliable and can perform a range of tasks from housekeeping to hands-on care. The business’s caregivers can help with cooking, errands, medication reminders, and light housekeeping, or can offer non-medical personal care from a certified nursing assistant. Compassionate Care of Charlotte, Inc. acts as a patient advocate for families who wish to address any issues regarding the needs of a live-in patient at a particular care facility.
(10)Dudley’s Home Health Care has been serving Mooresville and the surrounding communities for more than 20 years. The business offers care to those who are elderly, disabled, struggling with an illness, or recovering from a stay in the hospital. Dudley’s Home Health Care offers in-home assistance with simple meal preparation, laundry, vacuuming, and other household chores as well as assistance with dressing and undressing, personal hygiene, and basic first aid. The company’s caregivers can also help clients monitor their temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and weight, and are trained to recognize and report signs of abuse or neglect to the appropriate professional.
Personal Home Care of North Carolina in Charlotte offers in-home personal and assistive care as well as home health and rehabilitation services. The company has a staff of well-trained professionals ready to assist clients with toileting, bathing, grooming, nutrition requirements, bed and wheelchair transfers, walking, and range of motion exercises. In 2013, the Association of Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina recognized Personal Home Care of North Carolina with its STAR award for its advocacy efforts and strong desire to consistently improve upon current care methods and services. Personal Home Care of North Carolina was also named in Charlotte Observer's Top Work Places 2016.
Home Careolina in Cornelius offers compassion, companionship, and personal in-home care services at affordable rates. The company has caregivers available for both in-home and hourly care needs as well as transportation services. Home Careolina develops custom care plans for each of its patients depending on their needs. Caregivers can help with everything from errands and grocery shopping to bathing, grooming, feeding, incontinence care, and more.
Universal Home Care Services, LLC in Charlotte has a staff of registered nurses and certified nursing assistants who offer in-home medical care ranging from dressing changes to blood drawing and lab work. The company's registered nurses are trained to handle catheter care, respiratory care, rehabilitative therapy, wound care, diabetic training and management, Alzheimer’s and dementia management, and more. Certified nursing assistants can help with meal preparation, hygiene assistance, incontinence care, home exercise routines, and medical needs such as catheter care and wound care.
(8)Special Touch Living is an assisted living facility that specializes in caring for seniors who may require more than just a daily visit from a personal caregiver or healthcare professional. Special Touch Living is a stress-free and dignified alternative to placement in a nursing home because it allows seniors to retain their independence while having access to 24-hour medical and personal care. Special Touch Living is set in a safe and quiet neighborhood. The assisted living home makes sure residents receive three home-cooked meals per day and assistance with eating, bathing, dressing, incontinence care, and grooming if needed.
Stress Free Home Care in Stanley helps clients retain their independence and dignity by offering in-home assistance with transportation and errands, light housekeeping tasks, and personal care services such as grooming and dressing. The business also offers caregiver services for dementia patients. All staff members are bonded and insured and have been thoroughly screened before becoming a part of the Stress Free Home Care team.
Most, but not all, states require licensing for home care agencies. Licensure usually means that criminal checks will be done on employees and that staff members must be qualified according to state regulations. For example, if someone is doing nursing care, they must have a nursing license or certificate.
Many do, although the cost for care during non-traditional working hours may be higher.
The activities of daily living, or ADLs, are a way to determine what level of help you need from a caregiver. They include:
Home caregivers may provide a broad range of services related to medical needs as well as ADLs (activities of daily living). Medical help may be in the form of assisting with physical or occupational therapy, planning and taking medications, and skilled nursing.
If you or your loved one is unable to manage most of the ADLs, or needs round-the-clock nursing care, a nursing home may be a better fit. A doctor can help develop a plan of support that addresses concerns realistically, based on what the individual is able to accomplish and what help is needed.
You should be able to talk to the agency to have another caregiver assigned to you. But be sure you are not acting prematurely. It takes a while for relationships to develop, and you and your new caregiver need to learn to understand one another and determine how to work well together.
Although you will need to look at your policy documents to ensure that this is the case, most long-term care may be used to pay for a home caregiver. Some policies will even pay for a family member who provides care. This is something you can find out by looking at your documents or calling your insurance agent.
