Providing care of a personal nature can be uncomfortable for family caregivers – and for the individual in their care. Personal care services allow family members to step back and let a trained, experienced professional offer the support needed, always with a focus on dignity and respect.
What Does In-Home Personal Care Include?
Our goal is to provide care that enhances safety while promoting independence. We will never come in and take over, but empower older adults to continue to take care of the tasks and activities they want to do themselves. We also listen to and abide by each person’s wishes for how they like things to be done.
Services include any or all of the following:
- Assistance with showering/bathing
- Bathroom/incontinence assistance and care
- Help with combing/brushing hair, shaving, oral care, and other personal hygiene needs
- Support for safely walking and/or transferring
- Providing medication reminders
- Encouragement to participate in physician-approved exercise and stretching
- And more
How Can I Help a Loved One Feel Comfortable With Personal Care Services?
We understand that it can be hard to accept help with such personal needs. Yet often it’s more comfortable receiving assistance from a professional caregiver than an adult child or other family member. Our caregivers are experts in what they do, and we make it a practice to hire only the care professionals we would choose to care for our own family members, or for ourselves. Each person has also been fully background checked and vetted for your peace of mind.
Sometimes, it’s helpful to ease into personal care services by starting with a less intrusive type of care, such as meal prep, housekeeping, and companionship. Once the person gets to know the caregiver, it’s often easier to add in personal care assistance.
If You Want to Learn More…
We invite you to call us at (619) 487-9000 or reach out to us through our online contact form to learn more about our personal care or any other in-home care services in San Diego and North County, including La Jolla, La Mesa, San Marcos, and Carlsbad. Visit our Communities Served page to see if we serve your area!
