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Aging in Place – Three Ways to Stay Put Using At Home Senior Care
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- Posted on Aug. 21st, 2010
By Janelle Jacobs
Getting old is bad enough – who wants to have to leave their home in addition? And being a burden on family members can sometimes be so stressful that the emotional strain of staying at-home may make moving into an assisted-care facility a more attractive option. However, there are several different ways that seniors can age in place and receive in-home senior care and assistance in the privacy and comfort of their own home, as an affordable alternative to facility care.
Non-medical senior care is often much less costly than assisted-care facilities or nursing home care, as not all nurse aides or care providers are trained medical professionals. However, at-home care providers can ensure that all personal needs are met, such as help with grooming, bathing, dressing, and moving around the house, as well as other physical daily tasks such as preparing meals, grocery shopping, and escorting the senior to doctor appointments. In addition, there is a “personal touch” that care providers and nurse aides can give seniors, and a special companionship that they might be lacking otherwise.
If you are considering long-term care for yourself or your loved one, here are some options that can enable you or your loved one to remain at-home, aging in place.
1) Long-term Care (LTC) Insurance
If you have a long-term care (LTC) insurance plan, but decide, “I don’t want to leave my home”, you most likely can use your long-term care insurance for home care or nurse aides to visit or live in your home. Check with your long-term care insurance provider or find a local home care provider and ask if your insurance will reimburse them for services.
2) Part-time Nurse Aides
If you or your loved one does not require full-time care, an affordable option is to hire a nurse aide or senior care agency. This is often a more affordable option because the care givers provide non-medical care, which can be costly.
3) A Live-in Home Care Companion
If you or your loved one needs 24 hour personal care and attention, finding a live-in senior care companion is often as affordable or less so than assisted-living or nursing care. Instead of paying for medical professionals that are not always needed, care givers can give you or your loved one undivided attention, and depending on the home care agency you select, they can often have a medical professional to call as a back-up, if needed.
The option you select should be based on your specific home care and health-related needs. The burden of getting old is not going to go away, but as long as there are options to remain independent and at-home, the quality of life can be made simpler and better, and that is the best way to enjoy old age.
Janelle Jacobs is a writer in Pittsburgh, PA with interests in senior home care and healthy living.
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What are the legal and tax implicatons of live-in help? Where to find them? There is a trades here of lodging for part-time help. If all I need iare legs to shop, take care of the trash and laundry, how do we account for it all? Where does the government have a say?
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reply to this commentBeing able to stay in your own home is the best way for a person to age (if they are able). There are a variety of resources, as well, to help families do this.
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How can we deliver quality care to a rapidly growing population of older adults?
We believe the solution must include an emphasis on prevention rather than treatment:
A shift in the focus of care from expensive clinical settings to the home.
reply to this commentA shift of some responsibility for care from formal providers to individuals and their family and friends. This solution can be enabled by a range of proactive technologies in the digital home.
These digital home technologies have the potential to improve health while enabling elders to “age in place,” maintaining their independence and deferring more costly institutional care as long as possible.
Like the story on NPR Radio about Aging in place. The following:
In Seattle a product called My Virtual CompanionTM uses sensors, bed,/ chair,Stove top, & motions, How about a waterproof button in the shower to alert My Circle of Care TM. If a problem arises an email is sent to mobile phones & the web. Only if there is a problem. Features also feed info about daily activities & my favorite are reminders that POP-UP on the TV & announce reminders for meds or a stove top warning etc,
How can we deliver quality care to a rapidly growing population of older adults?
We believe the solution must include an emphasis on prevention rather than treatment:
A shift in the focus of care from expensive clinical settings to the home.
reply to this commentA shift of some responsibility for care from formal providers to individuals and their family and friends. This solution can be enabled by a range of proactive technologies in the digital home.
These digital home technologies have the potential to improve health while enabling elders to “age in place,” maintaining their independence and deferring more costly institutional care as long as possible.
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