Choosing Between Adult Day Care and Home Senior Care

By Vikki Kalitsi

Visiting Angels Living Assistance

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Choosing Between Adult Day Care and Home Senior Care

Many times caregivers need to have additional assistance when providing senior care for a family member or friend. When you are evaluating options for senior care, consider the difference between adult day care centers and home senior care. Each provides a specific service and environment in senior care alternatives.

Adult Day Care

An adult day care center is an actual facility that provides a planned program of activities designed for senior care to promote well-being through social interaction. Facilities can be chosen to be medical or non-medical senior care. Transportation needs to be provided but in some situations transportation can be arranged. Adult day care center participants need to be mobile, with the possible assistance of a cane, walker or wheelchair, and in most cases also be continent.

Home Senior Care

Home senior care is a more personalized option to meet your specific home senior care needs. It is senior care assistance given in the comfort of your own home. In situations where the person you are caring for is not willing, able or comfortable to leave home many services can be provided by having a trained non-medical caregiver come into your home. As the primary caregiver, you are in charge of every aspect of customizing your Home senior care program. You choose the right caregiver from many qualified employees so that you have the right match for your home senior care program.

You can customize the home senior care service depending on your needs. Services include but are not limited to aid with simple tasks such as personal hygiene, meal preparation/diet monitoring, light housekeeping, errands and shopping, joyful companionship. Options in home senior care can vary in terms of service such as hourly rates, live-in/live-out, and sleep over, mornings, midday, and evenings, temporary or long term, weekends and holidays. The benefit of the home senior care option is that you make all the right choices and all the right decisions to customize your senior care in home program.

Being a caregiver is a tremendous responsibility. Don't be hesitant to admit you need help. This is one responsibility you don't have to handle alone. Evaluate your needs and what you want out of a senior care provider. Ask your physicians for senior care referrals, ask your friends, pick up the phone and call senior care programs to find out want options suit your situation best.