03 Jun What Can You Take Into
Home Health Care With You?
Knowing you or a loved one requires extra care as they age can be scary. It can be a huge change for you and your family, and it’s easy to worry if you wonder what you can bring into a home health situation.
Although some changes will need to be made, it’s also true that those changes aren’t going to be as scary as you think.
Convenient care in the comfort of your home
The benefit of choosing home health care over an assisted living or nursing home community is the fact that you get to stay in your own home. If you move, you would have to pack up boxes, choose what to get rid of, and follow the rules of what you are and aren’t allowed to bring.
Staying in your own home means that you are able to keep everything inside your home. There’s no need to comb through decades of accumulated possessions, which can be very emotional and difficult. Your home care aide will work with you in your surroundings to provide care in the environment you’re most comfortable in.
Changes may need to be made
Although receiving care in your home doesn’t come with the same challenges as packing up and moving to a care facility, that doesn’t mean there won’t be any changes. It is a caregiver’s job to make sure you are safe in your home. If improvements can be made, your home health aide is likely to recommend them.
For example, you may have to pack up and put some of your stuff in storage if clutter is causing tripping hazards throughout your home. You may have to rethink rug placement, lighting installations, and the tub in your bathroom.
However, you or your loved one shouldn’t feel pressured to make changes. All changes should be made to the comfort level of the person being cared for.
Finding a home health aide that’s right for you
If what you can bring into a home health care situation is important to you or your loved one, or if you’re worried about the changes that may need to be made in order to make your loved one’s home safe, Life & Health Care can help. We would be happy to come up with a care plan that works for you in your home.