Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Information Needed When Choosing An Eldercare Facility

By Rue Nichols


Finding a suitable facility for eldercare can be a difficult task. One way to make the process easier on yourself or your loved one is to use a company that focuses on matching individuals to the best possible care option for their needs that still fits within their budget. Before you discuss your needs with this type of service, it is important to consider some factors.

The needs of your elders, spouse or who you want to have the elder care service, and want to move in into this facility, is the first step to do, and you need a good assessment of this. There are many types of care options, like the assisted living communities, or simply the board and care homes, or you might want the skilled nursing facilities, and these are the options you can have. There are also other situations like your elders have dementia and you need memory care for this, or you may only want the simple in-house caregiver, and these are the options you may want. You need to determine what care service you want exactly.

The usual case made by eldercare placement services, like Care Placement as an example, is to ask questions like the level of elder care you want. There are different cases like your elder is very independent or he or she needs help on a few chores, or help is needed every day like when dressing, help in grooming or with bathing. You may even have your elder needing a 24/7 nursing care or your elder needs hospital care because of the after-effects of a stroke or perhaps emphysema or another disease.

Choosing on an elder care option can be very challenging and often very difficult. It can be difficult also for your loved one to have an increased level of care and accepting this, and convincing them can be very difficult. It can be frustrating sometimes and they may also feel ashamed to admit that they need help and the big change in their lives is hard to accept. Disagreement in the type of elder care that is needed may also happen sometimes even among the family members.

A placement service also will need to learn about your budget. For example, they will want to know the minimum and maximum dollar amounts that your loved one can spend or wishes to spend. The service also will need to know about your funding sources. For some people, they use their own private funds to pay for their care option. For others, long-term care insurance might be used to cover a portion of expenses. Sometimes, depending on the circumstance, a person might use Medicare, Medicaid or perhaps Supplemental Security Income. If your loved one is a Veteran, there might be funds coming from TRICARE, which is a health care program designed for military retirees and active duty military personnel as well as their dependents.

A questionnaire has to be filled up stating your detailed needs and also the budget for this, and after this Care Placement will provide you with lists of assisted living facilities in San Diego, Carlsbad assisted living or board and care homes, nursing homes or the board and care home options in the San Diego County or Orange County, or provide you with a listing of in-home caregivers that are pre-screened. After this you can make a visit to these elder care facilities and interview staff and personnel, including caregivers, to choose the best option to have.




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