Preferred Care at Home Services
Preferred Care at Home ® will provide services with honesty, integrity, and with the same expertise that clients across the country have grown to appreciate. Anywhere from one to 24 hours can be provided by our compassionate team of caregivers. The cost-effective Live-In Service has always been our specialty, providing 24-hour peace of mind. Contact us today to experience the Preferred Care at Home difference.
We understand services can be costly. In addition to offering affordable home care services, we want to help you find funding for long-term care costs. Explore available payment sources with our Long-Term Care Guide.
Click on the tabs below for a list of services designed to allow you or your loved one to enjoy life, dignity, and independence more fully.
Companion Services:
As we get older, we often become lonely –the feeling that no one cares quickly creeps in. Aging has a way of reminding us of the many that have passed on and that we are alone. It is our mission at Preferred Care at Home to bring some joy and alleviate the loneliness that aging seems to cause by providing quality assistance to the home or care facility. Some of our services include:
Personal Interaction:
- Mail bills and letters
- Rent and play movies
- Engage in companionship and conversation
- Respite care
- Monitor eating patterns and diet
- Inspect food expiration dates
- Direction with morning wake-up and evening tuck-in
- Reminisce about the past
- Assist with clothing selection
- Provide reminders for appointments
- Encourage participation with crafts
- Discuss current and historical events
- Aide with reading
- Maintain calendar
- Maintain family scrapbook
- Arrange appointments
- Play games and cards
Social Interaction:
- Encourage and assist with community activities
- Visitor monitoring
- Encourage interaction with family and friends
- Plan visits, outings and trips
- Visit neighbors and friends
- Transportation to:
- Doctor appointments
- Pharmacy
- Social outings
- Lunch or dinner
- Plays and concerts
- Movies
- Religious services
- Sporting events
- Club meetings
Homemaker Services:
A big part of happiness depends on being cared for and comfortable at home. Home is where memories have been, and are still being, made. It is our desire to make home that special place for you or your loved one. At Preferred Care at Home, our goal is to provide that tender loving touch that makes your house a home. Some of our homemaker services include:
- Record and arrange recipes
- Prepare grocery lists
- Clip coupons for shopping
- Shop and/or escort for groceries and supplies
- Preparing, serving, and cleaning-up meals
- Prepare future meals
Light Housekeeping:
- Organize and clean closets
- Dust furniture
- Sweep and vacuum floors
- Take out garbage
- Watering house plant
- Assist with pet care
Laundering:
- Washing, folding and ironing clothes
- Changing linens and make beds
- Drop-off and pick-up dry cleaning
Personal Support Services:
As we mature, our needs change. The things that were once simple to perform are now complicated. At Preferred Care at Home®, we understand that and want to be there for you, by your side, every step of the way. We can provide you or your loved ones assistance and direction with:
- Eating
- Dressing
- Bathing
- Mobility
- Transferring
- Toileting
- Medication
Alzheimer & Dementia Care:
It is noted that every 70 seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. As advocates for early diagnosis and quality care for those diagnosed, Preferred Care at Home has cared for hundreds of clients across the nation, allowing them to enjoy home safely. Some of the services our experienced caregivers will provide are:
- Stimulate mental awareness
- Play memory enhancement games
- Stimulate health conversation
- Guided nutritional meal preparation
- Maintain a safe home environment
- Engage in crafts
- Aide with reading
- Encourage family and friends social interaction
- Daily activity supervision
- Direction with hygiene
- Direction with clothes selection
Please note: Services may vary with each individual Preferred Care at Home franchise office location. Each Preferred Care at Home franchise office is independently owned and operated.