May 24, 2010 Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Selecting a Partner in Home Care for the Elderly
With 80 percent of middle aged couples having at least one living parent, many people are learning to adjust to the reversing roles of child and parent by confronting the demands of caring for those who once took care of them.
Adult daughters typically assume the major responsibilities for parent care giving. For most women, these duties are added to an already full roster, at home, at the office, or both.
Women frequently report that they sacrifice their personal time, privacy, peace of mind, freedom and personal plans to assist her and/or his elderly parents. Some people assume the responsibility because they feel able and willing. Others feel bound by duty
It’s estimated that up to seven million women are unpaid caregivers to the elderly. They struggle to cope with the exhaustion, loneliness, mental and physical demands, and heartbreak of watching a loved one grow weaker. They need help desperately!
Seniors and families seeking for outside help rely on professionals for in-home care assistance. Unfortunately, many families don’t know how to “shop” for home care. The only question they know how to ask is ‘What do you charge?”
One of the most difficult challenges you face when caring for an aging parent is finding good, quality home care company. Whether you need full time care or just a little extra help to fill in the gaps, when you can’t be there, you are making a serious decision.
Today many companies that provide caregivers do so with the bare minimum standards of screening and selection. Most companies offer criminal background checks, certification checks and reference checks. Some companies also use drug screenings and/or an elder abuse check. Unfortunately, these minimum standards only screen out applicants who are “caught in the act” of doing wrong. A small handful companies are raising the bar on these standards and RIGHT ACCORD is implementing a system called Caregiver Quality Assurance (CQA) to raise that bar.
The Caregiver Quality Assurance (CQA) program is designed to identify home care companies and companion care companies that go above and beyond the norm when selecting quality caregivers. Home care companies like RIGHT ACCORD implementing Home Care Caregiver Selection System are using the latest technology to assure that the people caring for your loved one are trustworthy, dependable, and have the attitude and personality skills needed to provide top quality care. Virtually nothing is more important than selecting the right people to care for your loved ones. Whether you need homemaker services, in-home personal care or companion care, identifying companies that provide only quality caregivers can be a difficult challenge.
RIGHT ACCORD Private Duty-Home Health Care provides an affordable solution for older individuals or couples capable of managing their physical needs, but who require non-medical assistance, personal care assistance, light housework, meal preparation and/or companionship in order to remain at home in Sarasota and Manatee Counties in Florida.
According to Tamunday-Casanova, RIGHT ACCORD services can be arranged for as little as three hours, or for as many as 24 hours, a day. Short term assistance or longer term care is available seven days a week, including holidays.
When a potential client contacts the company, Tamunday-Casanova will arrange a meeting with the client and his or her families to discuss what services are needed. “Cost is on an hourly basis, “Tamunday-Casanova said, “ so hours can be decreased or increased based on changing needs.”
The company’s Caregivers are carefully selected individuals who are thoroughly screened, employed, bonded and insured. “Special attention is given to matching Caregivers with clients to achieve the utmost compatibility, “Tamunday-Casanova said.
Tags: care giving, companion care, elderly nutrition, home care, in-home care assistance, Manatee County, non-medical assistance, personal care, sarasota
