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HomeCare Homecare is any professional support service that allows a person to live safely in their home. It can help someone who is aging and needs assistance to live independently; is managing chronic health issues; is recovering from a medical setback; or has special needs, or a disability.

Get to know the two types of Home Care:

Private Pay Home Care Private Pay Home Care is paid for by you or your family, out-of-pocket, or by long-term care insurance. Services are non-medical and include meals, chores, hands-on care, errands, and companionship. Listings start on next page >

Medicare Home Care Medicare Home Care is doctor prescribed medical home care, for a speci fi c period of time, as you recover from an illness, hospitalization, or injury. It is paid for by Medicare. Listings start on page 24 >

Consider staying home with help Private Pay Home Care

Private Pay Home Care

Jim Pitzner Owner, President Home Instead ® Maplewood M ost older adults want to live at home for as long as possible, in fact 86 percent of them according to a study by the Home Instead® network. But many older adults need help to achieve that goal. As we age, some form of care is often necessary to remain alone at home. When home care started, it was for simple companionship and safety supervision. It has come a long way. Today, most home care companies can do anything for your loved ones including companionship, safety, medication administration, errands, cleaning and cooking, and end-of-life care partnered with hospice. Home care professionals are the eyes and ears to alert your family if more help or urgent medical care is needed. Why use home care? Well, we do more than people assume. We can help long- or short-term, that’s what is great about home care. It’s fl exible to fi t your family’s needs.

Our clients often develop deep trust in their caregivers. If a setback occurs and our client goes to the hospital or to a transitional care unit, our caregivers often accompany them. Sometimes assisted living communities have a wait list and an apartment is not immediately available. We can stay with our client in their home until there is an opening. And then we often help to get our clients moved in and settled, too. Home care is often used in independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. We cano ff er additional attention in memory care when it becomes necessary to provide around-the-clock home care to nursing homes Cost may be a concern for many aging adults. Perhaps you have these apprehensions yourself or your aging parents have expressed this worry. Research reveals that home care is, in fact, one of the most a ff ordable options for care. supervision for safety. Comparing costs of

Why

WHY you might use home care •Prefer to age at home •After surgery or hospitalization

Who

WHObene fi ts? Spouses, families and partners •They may not be able to help due to their own challenges •Respite for family caregivers

When

WHEN you need care, it’s there! •Few days a week •Few hours a day •Around-the-clock Companionship •Housekeeping •Errands •Meal prep WHAT are the types of care? What

Hands-on •Bathing •Dressing •Grooming

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