Providing exceptional Senior Care in Charleston, SC for over 14 years.

Personal Care at Home

Home Care Plus is an in-home elder care and support service whose goal is to help elderly clients live life as fully and safely as possible in the comfort of their own homes. We offer a wide range of services to meet a variety of needs. Our mission is to provide quality supportive services and care coordination to our clients to assist them in leading dignified and independent lifestyles in the comfort and safety of their own homes.

We provide a comprehensive ongoing needs assessment by a Registered Nurse identifying an individual’s and his/her support system’s strengths, weaknesses, limitations, objectives and service needs. With the focus on health, psychosocial and environmental factors we develop an individualized plan of care based on the needs assessed. The plan of care is tailored to fit changing needs and thoroughly reviewed with the client, family members and/or responsible parties.

Personal Care Services

Personal care services allow older adults to age in place while living with physical disabilities or a chronic health condition. This type of homecare includes help with personal activities, such as dressing and bathing; seniors who receive private or personal homecare can maintain their independence and continue living at home instead of moving into an assisted-living community.

What are Personal Care Services?

Personal care is one of the most common types of senior home care. Generally, this type of care involves a combination of tasks and activities that are designed to ensure safety, comfort, and well-being for individuals with chronic health conditions or physical disabilities. Care will typically include things like bathing an elderly person when they cannot do it themselves or providing assistance so someone can safely complete daily living skills such as dressing themselves after surgery. 

Caregivers come to the home to assist with bathing, dressing toileting, grooming, feeding, transferring and more.

Personal Care

  • Bathing & hygiene assistance
  • Dressing
  • Assistance with walking and exercise
  • Medication reminders
  • Prompting and mental cueing
  • Safety supervision
  • Meal planning and preparation
 

Homemaking

  • Light housekeeping
  • Laundry and linens
  • Dusting and ironing
  • Making beds
 

Companionship

  • Letter writing and correspondence
  • Conversation
  • Reading
  • Playing games/cards
 

Transportation

  • Shopping and errands
  • Transportation to appointments or social events
  • Picking up prescriptions
 

Additional Services

  • Pet Care
  • Family Respite Care
  • Independent and Assisted Living In-Home Care

One of the cornerstones to healthy living is having a personal caregiver assist with Activities of Daily Living, also known as ADLs. These tasks include dressing, grooming oneself and bathing which can be done by an experienced caregiver that will provide mobility and transfer assistance too.

Personal caregivers can offer home help with many different tasks, including errands, meal preparation, light housekeeping and medication reminders. Our caregivers also provide companionship to offset the risks of senior isolation.

Providing exceptional Personal Care at Home for seniors and families in Charleston, West Ashley, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, James Island, Johns Island, Daniel Island, Goose Creek, North Charleston, Sullivans Island, Isle of Palms, Kiawah Island, and Seabrook Island.

Personal Care at Home in Charleston, SC by Home Care Plus

Companion Care vs. Personal Care

When you need home care for your aging loved one, it can be challenging deciding what type of service will work best. Companion Care services tend to focus on social needs while personal  care services emphasize medical and physical needs.

When choosing elder care, the difference between companion and personal is an important consideration in the decision process as they both provide different benefits based on a person’s individualized requirements. 

Home care companions can do your laundry, make you a delicious meal that’s not just microwaved leftovers from the night before, and help out with errands like grocery shopping. They also provide emotional support to those who are grieving or struggling in their day-to-day lives due to illness or disability.

There are many reasons why we may recommend personal care services. Personal care is provided for those who require direct physical assistance due to a chronic health condition or some other circumstance that limits their ability to bathe and dress themselves, feed themselves, etc. 

If your loved one has difficulty with these tasks but does not need help from another person in order to complete them successfully on his/her own, then companion care might be more appropriate- it provides companionship so the individual can enjoy life’s activities without needing constant supervision; this type of service also includes meal preparation and light housekeeping duties like laundry if needed.

Our mission is to provide quality supportive services and care coordination to our clients to assist them in leading dignified and independent lifestyles in the comfort and safety of their own homes.

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Personal Care at Home in Charleston, SC by Home Care Plus

Does Medicare Pay for Personal Care at Home?

If your family member needs only assistance with homemaker or personal services, or companion care, Medicare will not cover the cost.

Medicare doesn’t pay for:

  • 24-hour-a-day care at home
  • Meals delivered to your home
  • Homemaker services (like shopping, cleaning, and laundry), when this is the only care you need
  • Custodial or personal care (like bathing, dressing, or using the bathroom), when this is the only care you need

When your aging-loved one needs home care in the Charleston SC area, Home Care Plus is there. Our home care services are available 24/7. Learn more about how we can help.

Care Coordination

Care coordination consists of a full and ongoing needs assessment as defined above and development of a plan of care based on these needs. Some clients and their families request only the Assessment and Plan of Care to assist them in meeting the client’s continued needs. Other clients may need additional ongoing professional care management. Home Care Plus’ Care Coordination services include:

  • Arrangement and monitoring services for social activities as needed.
  • Home and or facility visits.
  • Medication oversight.
  • Accompanying client during physician/professional visits as desired.
  • Communication and reports to physicians, facility staff and other professionals.
  • Advocacy.
  • Assistance with transition from home to a care facility or facility to home.
  • Assistance with filing insurance claims and with mail order pharmacy as needed.

Home Care Plus Values

  • Family Centered – providing family centered care, aware of and responsive to the physical,emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of others.
  • Integrity – demonstrating respectfulness, honesty and sincerity at all times.
  • Best Care – providing quality home care by exceeding the expectations of the individuals and families we serve.
  • Commitment– committed to hiring and retaining compassionate, caring and dependable caregivers who have a sincere interest in helping others and making a difference.

Ready to find out more about Home Care Plus? One of our staff members will contact you about your senior care challenges. If you have questions, we have answers.

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