Considering Moving Your Ageing Loved One To An Assisted Living Facility? Live-In Carer Makes A Better Alternative

When your ageing loved one starts tussling to manage their daily life on their own, live-in carer comes in to help and make their lives as smooth as everyone else. Live-in carer’s service is a progressively popular alternative to moving your loved one to a nursing home or an assisted living facility. However, when you decide to entrust the wellbeing of your ageing loved one to a stranger although certified and experienced professional, you will want to keep tabs on some details that will mean they are good to be trusted with your granny and Gran Pa or any other close relative. Choosing a fulltime at-home carer takes a lot of researching and interactions. 

 

Start by thinking it through

Before you finalise a live in carer for elderly at home, it is always wiser to discuss the specific sort of assistance your ageing loved one are likely to need. You must consider a room in the house for the carer who is likely to come to live with them 24/7. Besides, there are costs involved, which, if you calculate and compare, is much lower than what a private room in a nursing home would have charged you. Keep your information rich and correct before you finalise a live-in carer. Remember to put your loved one’s dignity and comfort before everything else.

What exactly should you be looking for?

You need to be clear and honest about the degree of assistance and care your ageing loved one is in need of. When you are straightforward about your needs and challenges with the carer, both parties will find it easier to settle down on the cost part. Needs and challenges are different with every individual, so is with your loved one too. If you’re not completely honest with the carer, chances are there will be emotional clashes and the service will be hampered. It is imperative to balance the facts and figures with your instincts. In order to make everything fall in place, consider the following factors –

Experience: Do the carers have a professional background that instils confidence in you that they are the one to cope with your loved one’s medical and emotional requirements calmly and efficiently?

Qualifications and training: When your ageing loved one has some complex pre-existing medical conditions, such as incontinence, dementia or degenerative ailment, they will need a carer who has experience in nursing and has looked after people with similar conditions.

References: You should ask for written references to ensure that they are what they claim to be.

Check DBS record: Never let anyone in, no matter how reputable they claim to be, without making sure that they have a clear criminal record.

Hiring through an introductory agency

An introductory agency falls between you and the professional carers. They allow you to look for the best and most experienced carers in the town, whom they have already screened and interviewed. The agency is responsible to get you the best live-in care service you want, which means it would be affordable, while quality is uncompromised.

Besides, the introductory agency typically carries out the safety and police check and also arranges insurance and contracts – this way it gets easier for you to hire a carer. One burden down is a lot for a person who has personal and professional lives to manage.

Live-In Care judiciously chooses the smartest, best and most experienced carers in the community and then allows you to select one by reviewing their personal profiles and latest client reviews.