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Agency vs Private Management of Home Care Needs
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Before
making a decision to assume responsibility for your elder’s in-home
care, take some time to consider the following advantages to hiring a
professional elderly in-home care provider to manage the specialized
needs of your aging loved one.
Advantages to having compassionate, knowledgeable and trained professional care givers
Companions are trained specifically on how best to meet the needs of
elderly clients. Our experienced companions go through training
seminars specifically designed to prepare them to recognize and meet
the unique challenges which face senior citizens. As a company, we at
Companion Enterprises encourage our in-home care providers to keep
themselves updated on the latest research findings associated with
common elderly health, safety and quality of life issues.
Companions are knowledgeable and compassionate individuals who take
pride in offering your loved one the highest quality of live-in home
care available. Companion Enterprises’ compassionate, caring and
professional in-home care providers undergo a rigorous background
investigation, to ensure the highest standards of integrity and
trustworthiness in the people we hire for companion positions.
Companion applicants are all legal United States citizens and are
screened through the Anti-terrorism Patriot Act and national criminal
history databases. We also conduct credit checks to ensure our
employees demonstrate a clear level of responsibility in their personal
and financial lives. All of this is done to give you the peace of mind
that your loved one’s companion is receiving quality care from
competent and knowledgeable professionals.
Liability issues associated with care giving
Companion Enterprises is fully insured and authorized to operate as
senior home care providers. There are a number of legal and liability
issues that come in to play when someone assumes responsibility for an
elderly adult. Your personal home insurance policy may or may not cover
all of the issues involved in elderly care. Should your loved one
suffer serious injury, to the point of incapacitation, you may be held
liable under New York State elder abuse laws. Such allegations of abuse
even in instances of legitimate accidents, where no actual abuse took
place, can have a devastating affect on all of the family members
concerned. Many basic insurance policies will not cover claims when
there are allegations of abuse raised. Such allegations do not
necessarily have to go as far as making it to a courtroom to impact
your insurance benefit, in some cases simply having an investigation
opened by the New York Adult Protective Services Agency can create a
struggle with your insurance provider. This could leave you in a
position of having to find the financial resources to pay 100% of the
medical costs involved in your loved ones treatment and recovery.
Shouldering such a potential area of liability is a real risk to take
into consideration when contemplating undertaking private management of
your loved one’s care.
Health and relational considerations
Your health and household responsibilities must factor into this
decision. Undertaking the responsibility of full time caregiver for an
adult relative can mean considerable personal sacrifices. Often primary caregivers
find that the time commitment creates unforeseen tensions in their home
life and between themselves and other family members. Such tensions can
create considerable stress in a caregiver’s life; which can translate
into unintentional mistakes in caring for their loved one putting that
senior at risk of injury. Such stresses also may make you more
susceptible to illnesses, as studies have concluded that major
increases in stress levels have a negative impact on one’s immune
system responses to common viral and bacterial infections. Consider the
fact that if you become ill and cannot perform your caregiver duties
without exposing your elderly relative, there may be no one there to
care for your loved one. However, with a professional home care
provider such as Companion Enterprises, a substitute companion
can assume the duties of a companion who falls ill.
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