Michelle Barton-King, Esq.,
Companion at Boyd Richards Parker Colonnelli
Chairperson of the Board of United HomeCare
305.716.0710 or go to
Entrusting somebody with the care of the one you love might be one of the crucial vital selections you have to to make in your lifetime. When deciding whom you’ll entrust, contemplate that this particular person can have entry not solely to the one you love’s dwelling but additionally to his or her life. It’s vital to place safeguards in place to guard the one you love and your loved ones.
Must you select a house care company or rent privately? Whereas hiring privately could seem economically interesting, there are some vital questions to think about earlier than entrusting the one you love’s care to another person.
- What are their references and credentials? Are they licensed or licensed to offer care to older adults? 2. How lengthy has the caregiver or dwelling well being care supplier been in enterprise? 3. Is the house well being care supplier bonded and insured? 4. Has the caregiver (company or impartial caregiver) handed an Company for Well being Care Administration Degree II nationwide prison background screening? 5. Are there backup caregivers ought to the caregiver you employed develop into sick, and are they background screened and bonded? 6. Who might be supervising the caregiver to make sure correct care is run? 7. What kind of care will the one you love want—24 hour or a couple of hours? 8. Do you have got a care plan that meets the one you love’s wants?
Do your due diligence. You don’t wish to discover the one you love in hurt’s method. Not everyone seems to be skilled or specialised in caring for the aged, and never everybody has the endurance or compassion to cope with the challenges of getting older, so do your homework. It is going to repay in the long term.
United HomeCare® is a nonprofit dwelling well being and neighborhood care group that has served South Florida since 1974. We’re devoted to excellence in dwelling care – serving to you or somebody you’re keen on stay at dwelling independently and with dignity.
For those who or the one you love are contemplating dwelling well being care companies, contact United HomeCare at 305.716.0710 for extra info as a result of “There’s simply no place like dwelling.”
