What is Non-Medical Home Care?

Non-medical home care is perfect for elders who struggle with daily activities and need assistance with tasks such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and traveling to doctors’ appointments, shopping needs, or medication reminders. This kind of home care does not cover “medical” needs such as medication administration (can remind), or changing bandages, but assists with ensuring the health and well-being of senior citizens is preserved. Caregivers that provide non-medical home care help with activities such as personal hygiene, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and other forms of assistance to provide stress-free daily living.

Our mission is to help seniors live safely and with dignity in the familiar comfort of their homes, postponing or even eliminating the need to move to a residential care or nursing facility.

Why Use Non-Medical Care?

As we get older, the ability to adequately provide personal care and maintain an optimal level of hygiene greatly reduces. This process may result in a need for guidance or care and assistance from others in order to maintain health and prevent accidents. Such assistance is feasible with non-medical health care, thus, allowing seniors to age, stay safe and content in the comfort of their own homes.

With the help from our compassionate and experienced caregivers, your loved one can live between the walls they find refuge in. When aging causes many changes in the mind and body, the little things like having your favorite chair to read in or knowing where the kitchen plates are, can provide comfort and familiarity for your loved one.

Most seniors find it difficult to let go of places and habits they have grown fond of, but they still may need assistance with daily tasks. Non-medical home care gives seniors the independence of living at home so they can carry on as they please while dependable caregivers help with tasks they are incapable of doing anymore.

Additionally, non-medical care is more cost-effective than a nursing home, and provides a more personal experience. Our caregivers are carefully chosen to complement the personality of each patient and hopefully foster trusting relationships. With the “hands-on” touch of a family-managed, not-for-profit organization, we aim to provide professional homecare and a familiar face your loved one can look forward to seeing each day.

How Do You Evaluate A Senior’s Needs?

An evaluation of each client is carried out through our in-depth and professional in-home assessment done by a Registered Nurse. The RN will ask questions about the health of the client, past history of illnesses or surgeries, ask to see all the medications a client is currently taking, and ask about emergency contact info, etc. Signing of paperworkis a part of the assessment, as it gives us permission to be in the home, and is informative about fees and other important items. The RN can suggest the amount of hours she thinks may be best for your family member, however, it remains the client’s decision as to how many hours they want or can afford. The client will tell us if we are needed for a few hours in a day (4 hour minimum) or for specific activities such as grooming or chaperoning doctors’ appointments.

Jewish Family Homecare staffing coordinators will then be informed of the client order. A caring, experienced, certified caregiver will then be assigned to the client’s case AFTER the coordinator calls the client, introduces herself, and talks about his/her needs.