When it comes time to seek personal care services, you must find the right home care provider. To achieve this, it is important to ask the right questions. Whether you are looking for care for yourself
Initial questions
If you decide that you need someone to enter your home or the home of a friend or loved one, it is important that you know exactly what you want. You must ask yourself what you want the caregiver to give you.
- Do you want personal care services like dressing, bathing, and other forms of personal care?
- Do you think that meal preparation is the main focus?
- Is the inability to maintain residency a cause for concern? Do you want the personal care worker to do household chores such as dusting, doing laundry, and other related tasks?
- Is it simply a matter of someone visiting you regularly to strike up a conversation while making sure the person is okay?
- Are there concerns about taking medications?
- What specific times are being considered? Will the service be requested once a day, twice a day, once a week, or frequently during the week? Make sure you know when you want a service to arrive.
- How long should each visit be? Be clear on this as it will help determine the frequency, the tasks, and of course the coverage of any insurance and economic costs.
Once you decide what is required, contact an agency. Talk to them and learn more about it. Make sure you know the laws and regulations governing personal care services in your region.
Questions to ask personal care workers
Prepare a list of questions or problems you want to know before interviewing the provider of your choice. This applies to both agencies and individual personal care service providers. Be sure to ask them the following:
- Do you (as an individual or agency) have the appropriate qualifications? This should also cover any medical training, such as CPR.
- Have all staff received the necessary training to undertake this type of employment?
- How long has the agency been in existence? gold
- How long have you been employed in this type of work? Both the questions and the answers speak of the experience.
- Do you have references? This is true for both a company and an individual. You should be able to get them without hassle and in certain cases read company reviews online or contact employers.
- What about insurance?
- What specific services does the agency offer?
- Planning? Does your programming concept match perceived needs? It is flexible? Is the agency and / or person willing and prepared to discuss any changes in the schedule with the affected person and / or the family or friends in question?
Once you make the decision, make sure everything about the service is in writing. You need a copy of the contract, any special agreements, anything that pertains to the personal care services agreement.
However, before signing with pencil and paper, have the worker (s) visit you. Now it becomes a compatibility issue? Will the worker (s) get along with the affected person? How do they work with him or her? Is he sociable, does he get along without problems with the elder?
Talk to the senior after the initial meeting. Your opinion is important. If you agree and everything else falls into place, go ahead. Now you can hire someone to help an older person continue to live with dignity and a sense of autonomy in their own place.