AGAPE Senior Care Services LLC
TYPES OF HOME CARE
TYPES OF HOME CARE
PERSONAL CARE AND COMPANIONSHIP
➞ Help with everyday activities like bathing and dressing, meal preparation, and household tasks to enable independence and safety
Also known as...
Non-medical care, home health aide services, senior care, homemaker care, assistive care, or companion care
HOME HEALTH CARE
➞ Short-term, physician-directed care designed to help a patient prevent or recover from an illness, injury, or hospital stay
Also known as...
Medicare-certified home health care, intermittent skilled care, or visiting nurse services
EXAMPLES OF CARE SERVICES
Personal Care and Companionship services may include:
• Assistance with self-care, such as grooming, bathing, dressing, and using the toilet
• Enabling safety at home by assisting with ambulation, transfer (e.g, from bed to wheelchair, wheelchair to toilet), and fall prevention
• Assistance with meal planning and preparation, light housekeeping, laundry, errands, medication reminders, and escorting to appointments
• Companionship and engaging in hobbies and activities
• Supervision for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's disease