Home Care Houston TX: The Top Considerations When Hiring a Home Care Agency

Hiring a home care agency is one of the most important decisions that you will make for the health and well-being of your parents. You don’t want just anybody coming into their home and providing them care. Your parents’ home care companion should be a person that you can trust to help them meet their personal and medical needs with dignity, respect, and compassion. This means that you have to carefully consider who you hire.

Your aging parents aren’t just generic people that are like everybody else. They are individuals with unique personalities and unique needs. This means you need to find a care agency that will provide a companion that matches these needs. Top considerations for when hiring home care agency include:

Reputation
Check into the reputation of an agency before you hire a home care companion. Don’t just look at their website or read the information that they send you. Look for online reviews and question friends and family who may have experience with this agency. You want an agency with a reputation for being caring, compassionate, and professional.

Personality
The home care companion that you choose for your parents will be spending a considerable amount of time with them. Even if you only hire them for a few hours or a few days per week, they will be an integral part of your parents’ lives. It is important that you find a companion that is easy to get along with and who your parents enjoy spending time with.

Energy
Just because your parents are seniors does not mean that they can’t live active, vital lives. Make sure that the home companion that you hire is enthusiastic about encouraging a high quality of life for your parents. This means being aware of your parents’ limitations, while also respecting their desire to enjoy social activities and recreation.

Flexibility
When hiring an agency you may think you know how much care your parents need, but circumstances change and you may need to modify the arrangement you have with the care companion. You may need to ask that the companion come in more often, or reduce her hours so that you can be more involved. It is important to hire an agency that is flexible to your needs so you can be sure your parents are getting the care that they need at all times.

To learn more about the caregivers that provide home care in the Houston area, call At Your Side Home Care or fill out our web form today!

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Donna Wrabel, LMSW

Co-Owner at At Your Side Home Care

For most of us, the word "home" evokes warm feelings of comfort, security and well-being. For older adults, home also means holding tight to cherished memories and maintaining self-esteem and independence. When illness, injury or age make life a little more challenging, remaining at home in a comfortable, familiar environment encourages recovery and enhances the quality of life. Home can be defined as a private residence, an independent or assisted living facility or even a short term stay in the hospital, we recognize the additional benefits provided by a personal, professional assistant.

Our Certified Nurse Aides, 24-Hour Live-in Assistants and Home Health Aides are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We also provide the security and confidence of 24-hour Telephone Assistance, so fast, reliable help is always available when it's needed. To learn more about our homecare services see our homecare services page.

Different people need different levels of homecare. To meet the requirements of our clients, At Your Side Homecare maintains consistent staffing levels of caring professionals. Homecare service is available for as little as a few hours a week, or as many as 24 hours a day, seven days a week

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