Home Care: Services

Together, We’re Versatile

When you or family members are affected by advanced age, have a temporary or long-term physical or mental disability, or are simply recovering from surgery or an illness, Arcadia can tailor a program to meet your specific needs. Whether we provide service for an hour a day or several hours a week, regularly or whenever you need us, we can arrange for a group of individual services — a bath, dressing assistance and fixing lunch, for example — that enhances your quality of life. Then, as your needs change, so can our services.

Home Care services can be defined as those services used by consumers to enhance, restore or maintain their positive health within their home. While these services most often take place in individual residences, they may also be provided within assisted living facilities, nursing home or even hospitals.

Home Care service is also define by two specific groups of service.

• Non-Skilled Care – assistance that requires no medical intervention
• Skilled Care– assistance that requires medical or therapeutic intervention

Non-Skilled Care

Non-Skilled Care fills the gap between skilled care and independence. Non-Skilled Care services provide assistance with daily living activities that require no medical intervention. The typical Non-Skilled Care client is an adult or child who, due to physical disability, advanced age, or mental deficiency, requires supervision. Providing care and companionship to such people allows them to remain within the comfort of their own home.

Depending on your situation, Arcadia provides varying levels of assistance, including:

• Dressing and bathing
• Cooking and serving nutritious meals
• Reminding about medications
• Housekeeping, laundry, chores and shopping
• Providing companionship
• Transportation to appointments
• Walking
• Exercise

Types of Non-Skilled Care

Personal Care

Provides clients with “hands-on” assistance in their activities of daily living, (ADLs), such as bathing, toiletting, dressing/undressing, ambulating, transferring in and out of a chair or bed, and eating. Personal Care fills the gap between skilled care and independence. Personal Care services provide assistance with daily living activities that require no medical intervention. The typical Personal Care client is an adult or child who, due to physical disability, advanced age, or mental deficiency, requires supervision. Providing care and companionship to such people allows them to remain within the comfort of their own home.

Homemakers

Provide clients with light housekeeping assistance such as doing laundry, vacuuming, kitchen and bathroom cleaning, meal preparation, shopping and other home management activities.

Companions/Sitter

Provide clients with supervision and companionship for those who DO NOT NEED "hands-on" assistance to perform their activities of daily living (ADLs). The Companion may encourage and supervise appropriate personal hygiene but may not bathe the client, for example. The Companion may, however, provide casual cosmetic assistance such as hair brushing or applying nail polish, may stabilize a client when walking by holding the client’s arm or hand, and may also participate in activities such as letter writing, bill paying, games, taking walks and accompanying clients to doctor appointments.

Home Care Aides

Provide clients with "hands-on" assistance in their activities of daily living, (ADLs), such as bathing, toiletting, dressing/undressing, ambulating, transferring in and out of a chair or bed, and eating.

Skilled Care

Skilled Care services provide more intensive support following an illness or an accident. The typical person who may benefit from Skilled Care is an adult child who has been newly diagnosed with a chronic disease, one who has suffered an injury in a motor vehicle accident, or one who has had recent surgery and needs professional assistance.

Typical Skilled Care services include:

• Dressing wounds
• Directing care for catastrophic injuries
• Administrating medications
• Managing pain
• Developing/restoring physical functioning
• Monitoring obstetrical complications

Licensed practical/vocational nurses

Licensed practical/vocational nurses provide technical nursing services, supervised by an RN.

Speech Therapists

Speech Therapists will help you recover lost communication skills, teach you to compensate for verbal skills impaired by illness and evaluate and assist with swallowing difficulties.

Occupational Therapists

Occupational Therapists work with you to promote daily living activities.

Physical Therapists

Physical Therapists work to restore and preserve your ability to move about safely and independently.

Call us toll-free at 1-800-733-8427.

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