Home Care Services & Safeguard Visits
Renew Home Care
Understanding the Differences: Home Care Services vs. Safeguard Visits
For a better Peace Of Mind
At Renew Home Care, we offer a variety of in-home care services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. It’s important to understand the differences between our comprehensive home care services and our specialized Safeguard Visits to choose the right level of care for your loved one.
Home Care Services
Our home care services are designed to provide ongoing support and assistance to clients in their own homes. These services are tailored to the individual’s needs and can include:
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Companion Care
- Description: Provides emotional support and companionship, helping clients stay socially engaged and mentally stimulated. Activities include conversation, reading, playing games, and accompanying clients on walks or outings.
- Ideal For: Clients who are largely independent but benefit from social interaction and light assistance with daily activities.
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Personal Care
- Description: Assists with daily personal activities to maintain hygiene and well-being. This includes help with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and mobility assistance.
- Ideal For: Clients who need help with personal hygiene and daily routines but do not require medical care.
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Specialized Care
- Description: Provides tailored care for clients with specific health conditions such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, or other chronic illnesses, as well as post-operative care.
- Ideal For: Clients who need specialized attention and care plans tailored to their unique medical or health-related conditions.
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Comfort Care & Hospice Care
- Description:
Comfort Care: Comfort care focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. This type of care is designed to improve the quality of life for patients by addressing their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. It is appropriate at any stage of illness and can be provided alongside curative treatment. Key elements include pain management, assistance with daily activities, emotional support, and coordination of care services.
Hospice Care: Hospice care is a specific type of comfort care for individuals who are nearing the end of life, typically with a prognosis of six months or less if the illness runs its natural course. The primary goal of hospice care is to ensure comfort and dignity during the final phase of life, focusing entirely on quality of life rather than curative treatments. It includes comprehensive medical, emotional, and spiritual support for both the patient and their family, with services such as pain and symptom management, counseling, and respite care for caregivers.
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Skilled Care
- Description: Delivered by qualified healthcare professionals, including nurses and therapists, providing medical care and assistance such as wound care, medication management, and rehabilitation services.
Introduction to Safeguard Visits
At Renew Home Care, our Safeguard and Safeguard Plus Visits ensure a secure, supportive environment for your loved ones. Safeguard Visits offer home safety checks and companionship, while Safeguard Plus Visits provide professional health assessments and caregiver guidance by our healthcare team. Trust us to deliver peace of mind and high-quality care.
Safeguard Visit vs. Safeguard Visit Plus
Safeguard Visit:
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- Objective: Ensure the home environment is safe and well-maintained for seniors, while providing companionship and support.
- Conducted By: Trained home care aides.
- Frequency: As needed or scheduled regularly.
Safeguard Visit Plus:
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- Objective: Assess the quality of care provided by a client’s personal caregiver, monitor the client’s condition, and offer professional guidance.
- Conducted By: Members of the healthcare team (doctor or nurse).
- Frequency: Scheduled regularly based on family or client needs.
Summary:
- Safeguard Visit focuses on ensuring a safe and supportive home environment for seniors, incorporating companionship and essential safety checks.
- Safeguard Visit Plus provides a more comprehensive service by involving healthcare professionals to assess the quality of care, monitor the client’s health, and provide professional guidance to the caregiver, ensuring a higher standard of care and support for the client’s overall health and wellbeing.
- Duration: Home care services generally involve longer shifts (4hr, 8hr, 12hr, or 24hr) to provide continuous support, whereas Safeguard Visits are shorter (2hrs) and focused on quick check-ins.
- Level of Care: Home care services offer comprehensive and continuous care tailored to various needs (social, personal, or specialized health care), while Safeguard Visits are brief and primarily aimed at ensuring safety and addressing immediate needs.
- Focus: Home care services focus on overall well-being, daily living assistance, and specific health care needs, while Safeguard Visits prioritize safety checks and quick assessments.
By understanding these differences, you can select the appropriate service that best suits the needs of your loved one, ensuring they receive the right level of care and support.
- Key Activities:
- Companionship: Provide conversation and emotional support.
- Medication Management: Ensure medications are stored and taken correctly.
- Food Supply: Check food supply and food spoilage.
- Errand Services: Create shopping lists if using the agency’s errand services.
- Safety Checks: Ensure smoke/carbon monoxide detectors are functioning properly.
- Appliance Safety: Verify that appliances and electronic devices are working safely.
- Battery Maintenance: Test and replace any worn-out batteries in remote controls and other essential devices.
- Fall Hazards: Conduct home safety inspections to identify and document fall hazards.
- Light and Security: Inspect light switches, windows, and locks to ensure they are in good working condition, identifying any need for repair or replacement.
- **Finger prick/rapid tests incur additional charges to this visit.
- Key Activities:
- Comprehensive evaluation of the client’s overall health and wellbeing.
- Monitor and record any changes or updates in the client’s condition.
- Review and assess the quality of care provided by the personal caregiver.
- Provide professional advice and guidance to the caregiver to enhance care quality.
- Coordinate with the family and personal caregiver to address any concerns or issues.
- Offer recommendations for improving the home environment and care practices.
- Ensure the client’s care plan is up-to-date and appropriately implemented.
- Conduct health assessments, such as blood pressure, heart rate, and other vital signs.
- Offer some advice and guidelines to the caregiver on specific health conditions and care techniques.
- Document and report findings to the family and relevant healthcare providers.
- **Finger prick/rapid tests incur additional charges to this visit.
Services that can be added & customized into any care plan or Safe Guard Visit includes:
- Vitals check & monitoring (B/P, Heart Rate, Temp. O2, RR)
- Simple Rapid tests (Glucose, Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Urinalysis)
- Minor dressings (pressure ulcers aka bed sores, uncomplicated wounds)
- Laundry Service
- Housekeeping Service
- Transportation services: doctor’s appointments, church or social activities.
- Shopping & Errands
- Picking up prescriptions
- Grocery shopping
- Paying bills
- Other errands
More Info
- Phone: 242.821.2344
Many seniors have mild to moderate memory issues, and could benefit with help in paying bills to ensure that bills are paid when due, as well as scheduling appointments with their service providers – everyone from the dentist to their pet’s vet.
- Falls at home are a top cause of injuries to elderly adults.
- Most falls are caused by hazards that are easy to overlook, but also easy to fix.
- By finding these hazards and taking simple steps to correct them, you can help your senior clients avoid falls.
- By avoiding falls, you avoid the potential for broken bones and head injuries they can cause.
Add Ons
Dressing change $25 and up*
*Price varies according to size/location & severity of lesions.
For pricing of this service, please use The Body Chart Form to shade in the affected body area(s).
$150
Earwax removal service is provided by a hearing healthcare professional following initial otoscopy & tympanometry (looking in ears & checking condition of eardrum).
Apply a wax softener (olive oil drops) to affected ear(s) for 3-5 days prior to appointment.
$5
This service includes a routine check of:
- Blood Pressure
- Heart Rate
- Respiration Rate
- Pulse Oxygen Level
- Body Temperature
Dipstick Urinalysis $12
Glucose testing $12
Cholesterol testing $16
Triglyceride testing $16
Add Ons
Medication Management
We can organize all medications into weekly blister cards, making it easy for you to remember to take your pills.
Transportation Services
We can provide transportation services (including disability assistance throughout the trip) accompanied by a fully screened driver, to safely get you to and from your daily errands.
Laundry Services
We offer 24 hr turn around laundry service with pick up & drop off services. Providing fresh, clean and folded laundry back to your door.
Housekeeping Services
We offer Housekeeping Services starting @ $70. Please visit our housekeeping services page for pricing.
Grocery Shopping & Errands
We can do the shopping for you: from groceries to errands, whatever you need can be scheduled with us. We make it easy to scratch one more thing off your to-do list. Send us a copy of your list and we’ll get it done.
