When finding the senior home care service, the first thing to be determined is, the level of care needed. In-home care services are categorized into two major categories:

• Skilled care: Serves with medical needs.
• Custodial care: Includes environmental assistance-help with tasks such as shopping, housekeeping, meal preparation. It also covers personal care like transportation, bathing, dressing, feeding, grooming, etc.

While some Senior care Agencies provide only one type of care, there are some agencies that offer both types of assistance.

The Various Type Of Home Care Organizations

• Hospices
• Home health agencies
• Staffing and private-duty agencies
• Homemaker and home care aide (HCA) agencies

Questions You Must Ask From Senior Care Agencies

After making up your mind regarding the type of care services your elders need, you must make up a list of some of the best agencies. Visit them, talk to them and compare them to pick the one your loved ones will feel comfortable and good with. Helping you out with that, here’s a checklist that will help you go for the right Agency.

• Since how long the professionals have been providing home care?
• Are the care givers and their center Medicare certified?
• What rage of services are provided?
• How the care givers are trained?
• Is it possible for the agency to explain the insurance or Medicare it covers and what needs to be paid by the client?
• Is the home care center licensed by the state?
• Is background check of staff done?
• Would they meet any special need?
• Is it possible for the staff to arrange care plan changes?
• While developing the plan of care, whether or not discussion from the client and their family is done?
• Does the agency furnish written statements with details of all the cost and payment plan options?
• How are urgent situations handled?
• Are they available 24 hours a day throughout the week?

These questions are quite common but play a major role when it comes to safety, comfort, health and happiness of your seniors. If your work commitments giving you no time to give them the time and care they deserve, senior care services are a good option.