Home Care
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What is home care?
Home care is care that allows a person with special needs to stay safely at home. Persons with special needs are the elderly, disabled, or chronically ill.
In Canada/U.S., home and community care services help people to receive care at home, rather than in a hospital or long-term care facility, and to live as independently as possible in the community. Home and community care is delivered by non-regulated workers, regulated health care professionals (e.g., nurses), volunteers, friends and family members (family caregivers). Most home and community care services are government sponsored through partnerships with community home care agencies. Families can also hire independent home workers to provide home care and personal support for themselves or family members.
Five goals of home and community care are to:
- Help people maintain or improve their health status and quality of life,
- Assist people remain as independent as possible,
- Support families to cope with a family member's need for care,
- Help people stay at or return home to receive treatment, rehabilitation or palliative care,
- Provide informal/family caregivers with the support they need.
Personal care, homemaking, and nursing are frequent home care services requested. Other home and/or community services available are physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, dietitian services, and respite services.
If your loved one has forgotten or doesn’t know how to speak English, eliminate the language barrier by finding a caregiver who speaks the language they are most familiar with so they can be understood and get the care they most need. The most frequently requested languages offered by caregivers registered on Asian Caregivers are:
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Typical home care tasks and duties
Home care is frequently provided by home care and personal support workers. In Canada/U.S. a home care and personal support worker is also called “in-home caregiver” "home-care worker," "personal care worker," “home support worker”, “personal support worker” "personal care aide," “personal attendant”. Home care and personal support workers are employed by community home care agencies or can choose to work privately as independent home care/personal support workers.
Home care and personal support focuses on assisting clients with instrumental activities of daily living to ensurethe home is organized, functional, clean, safe, and comfortable. Typical duties may include routine household tasks such as daily vacuuming, and bathroom sanitization after use, washing dishes after meals, doing laundry, answering the telephone, meal preparation that have become difficult or overwhelming for the person receiving care . Regular housekeeping and cleaning are especially helpful to maintain a barrier-free living space that is clean, organized, free from clutter and trip hazards such as rugs and furniture and enables a client to mobilize freely with their cane, walker or wheelchair. Age-related risks affecting memory and mobility can lead to social isolation increasing the need for frequent walks and scheduled outings. Health conditions such as diabetes, heart and kidney disease can affect appetite resulting in nutritional deficiencies and are important considerations when preparing meals. Food preparation requires mindful grocery shopping and consideration of portion control and dietary restrictions recommended by the doctor or dietitian.
Personal care duties include assisting the client with personal activities of daily living such as dressing, bathing, grooming, eating, toileting and mobilizing. Typical duties are assisting a person to get in and out of bed, stand up, walk, encouraging or assisting with gentle limb exercises, assisting with eating or feeding at mealtimes, assisting with toileting and peri-care, performing oral hygiene, keeping hair combed and tidy, keeping skin dry, lubricated and free of pressure, and assisting with bathing or showering. Helping a client with self-care activities that they are no longer able to perform without assistance because of progressive and declining health requires an empathetic and compassionate approach. Duties also include keeping family members informed of how a loved one responds to the care provided, being mindful of age-related risks that predisposes them to falls, confusion and memory loss, chronic pain, and nutritional deficiencies and reporting changes in health condition requiring follow up with a doctor are important daily responsibilities.
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Asian Caregivers connects care seekers with Asian-speaking home care, personal support providers, and home helpers
Asian Caregivers was established to provide an affordable platform to facilitate a care seeker’s search for an independent, private caregiver on their own without the need to pay costly agency fees. Care seekers willing to assume the recruitment responsibility can purchase an Asian Caregivers subscription to get access to a caregiver registry where they can find and screen potential caregiver candidates who meet their requirements.
Care seekers are usually family caregivers or friends seeking home care and personal support for a loved one. Typically, the loved one is an elderly and/or disabled family member who lives alone, or has been living with and is being cared for by the care seeker in the care seeker’s home. If you are a care seeker from a traditional Asian family, you want the best for your loved one - a kind and trustworthy caregiver, who understands your cultural traditions and norms, speaks the language of your loved one and who will provide the best care for your loved one just like you.
Using the Asian Caregivers platform is a simple and effective way to put you in touch with potential candidates with diverse backgrounds, qualifications and experiences and bring an array of skills. Caregivers registered on the Asian Caregivers platform are independent caregivers who provide private home care, personal support, and home help. Some are student health professionals, unlicensed foreign trained nurses and professionals with medical backgrounds from other countries. What caregivers registered on Asian Caregivers all have in common is they speak an Asian language and are interested in caring for elderly and disabled adults. Caregivers registered on Asian Caregivers share their personal perspective and story on “What quality care means” to them so you can assess for yourself how passionate they are about helping people in their time of need. Their caregiver profiles provide information about visa and residency status, identifies background check documents available to you, their personal philosophy of care, languages spoken, services offered, health history, education and licensing credentials, qualifications and experience, availability, and desired hourly rate/salary.
Enrolment on the Asian Caregivers platform with a paid subscription allows care seekers to search the platform registry for caregivers who speak their desired language, review caregiver profiles, and select potential candidates they wish to connect with. Through the Asian Caregivers message center care seekers send messages directly to potential candidates to arrange a meeting by telephone, video conference, or in person. The information provided by caregivers in their Asian Caregiver profiles is used to guide the interview process and assist care seekers to verify caregiver identity and confirm caregiver claims of visa status/residency, health history, qualifications, work experience, and desired remuneration.
If your loved one has forgotten or doesn’t know how to speak English, eliminate the language barrier by finding a caregiver who speaks the language they are most familiar with so they can be understood and get the care they most need. The most frequently requested languages offered by caregivers registered on Asian Caregivers are:
Visit our platform now to create your account at www.asiancaregivers.ca
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Creating an account with Asian Caregivers is the first step in finding customized home care solution for yourself or loved one. With access to a variety of Asian speaking home care providers you can easily find the right fit to suit your unique care needs for you or your loved ones.
At Asian Caregivers, we strive to provide you with a valuable service – so rest assured that when you create an account with us, you have the best chance of finding Asian language caregivers registered on our platform with the necessary qualifications, skills and experience you are searching for.
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