What is to Be Expected With In-Home Care

In-home care provides seniors, as well as their loved ones, the convenience of care given in the comfort of their own home.

Comfort Keepers® offers, as a service, regular notifications to our clients’ loved ones about how the senior is doing. This service is great for families who do not live near their loved one.  Here we will offer a basic understanding of Comfort Keepers in-home care services available for seniors living in Pleasanton, Fremont, Walnut Creek and surrounding California communities.

In an effort to meet seniors and their families’ specific needs, Comfort Keepers can develop a care plan using a large number of available services, all of which include peace of mind. Seniors have the ability to age safely, securely, and in place with our individual care plans.   In-home care services offer assistance to help seniors preserve their independence and dignity as well.

A list of common in-home services is below. The good thing about in-home care in the East Bay and surrounding areas is that it provides many options that can be adjusted as the client’s needs change, whether or not they needed it right away, and it is all done in the comfort of home.

On top of that, you can count on true value from in-home care. Instead of having to contract with many different providers that may specialize in transportation, or errands, or meal preparation, or housekeeping, you can contract with one in-home care agency, Comfort Keepers, to handle all these needs as well as others.

PERSONAL CARE SERVICES

  • Positioning & transferring seniors to relieve pressure area on the skin, promote proper digestion, elimination, and breathing, help sustain functional activity, and reduce stiffening of muscles as well as atrophy.
  • Special diet, feeding & meal preparation to control medical conditions or to help some seniors get the proper nutrition for good health.
  • Bathing to refresh some seniors sense of well-being and to support their maintaining proper hygiene.
  • Incontinence care & toileting to support seniors in keeping their dignity sensitively as they handle a loss of independence.
  • Oral hygiene to fight tooth decay, gum disease, and bad breath and to help in defense against other diseases.
  • Mobility assistance to encourage exercise and activity for a healthier style of life and improved mood, lower level of stress and higher alertness mentally.

COMPANIONSHIP & CARE SERVICES

  • Meal preparation to support our clients in maintaining proper nutrition for living healthy.
  • Conversation and companionship to offer our clients periodically through the day, like during meals, social contact to boost happiness, quality of life, and health.
  • Periodic review and communication with family to give updates on the client to the family, change services as necessary or respond to any issue.
  • Errand services, like going to the post office and picking up prescriptions.
  • Respite care to lift the burden off of love ones who are helping take care of someone in their family. This provides the loved ones’ who are providing care time to shop, get much-needed rest, or run errands.
  • Light housekeeping, like, dusting, cleaning interior windows that can be reached without a ladder, straightening rooms, cleaning kitchens & bathrooms, mopping & sweeping floors, vacuuming, taking out the trash, and organizing drawers & closets.
  • Medication reminders In-home caregivers can remind the client to take medications, read labels, and help the client open their medication containers, but cannot administer medications.
  • Grooming and dressing guidance, like helping put on socks, buttoning clothing, and tying shoestrings.
  • Grocery shopping the client has the option whether or not to go
  • Laundry services, services such as drying, ironing, putting things away, and washing.
  • In-home safety devices when seniors are home alone, for their safety, these monitor them and allow them to get help fast by pushing an emergency button.
  • Recreational activities, like a church outing, a walk in the park, crafts, board & card games, hobbies, as well as other favorite places to assist seniors throughout Newark and beyond in staying active in their body, spirit, and mind.
  • Mail assistance and organization to remind seniors of when their bills are due and separate important mail from junk mail.
  • Incidental transportation such as beauty salons, barbershops, doctor appointments, shopping, or wherever the client has to go or just wants to go.

In-home care providers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties can provide specialized assistance also, like care for people with dementia-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and care for hospice patients as well as their families.