Michigan In Home Elder Care

If you live in Michigan, in home elder care providers are available through a variety of agencies. Click on the blue links throughout this article to learn more about the subject or agency featured.

In Home Elder Care Enables Independence

For a senior who desires to live independently but requires some additional medical assistance, in home health care is a helpful alternative. The senior’s physician structures a plan that is administered by trained medical professionals such as therapists, nurses’ aides, and nurses.

Medical assistance may include:

• Injections and health monitoring
• Physical therapy
• Convalescent care and rehabilitation
• Wound care

Non-medical home care is a system by which aides help a senior with day-to-day living needs. Typical services include:

• Housecleaning and meal preparation
• Mobility assistance
• Personal care, such as dressing and bathing
• Transportation
• Medication monitoring

Some in home elder care agencies provide professionals for both requirements.

Questions to Ask

Make a checklist of the following questions to help you compare Michigan in home elder care agencies.

1. What experience does the professional have with working with seniors?
2. What is the cost for each hour of care?
3. How flexible is the job description, and what are the requirements for adding/subtracting duties?
4. What guarantee of consistency do I have, such as receiving the same caregiver at the same time?
5. In addition to being bonded and, if necessary, licensed, can this person be trusted, and what is the recourse if something happens?

You may have more particular requirements, but this checklist provides a good baseline. Get more information for hiring Michigan in home care providershere.

Finding Michigan In Home Elder Care

Here are a few Michigan agencies providing home health care and non-medical home care services.

• Advisa Home Care provides skilled nursing, private care, non-medical, and companion services in Grand Rapids, Flint, Saginaw, and Kalamazoo. Contact them for an information packet.
• Arcadia Home Care Services is part of a large health care, pharmacy, and medical equipment company. The home care division provides medical, non-medical, and companion services throughout Michigan. Fill out this online form to receive more assistance for your location.
• Eldercare serves Detroit and southeast Michigan. The company provides both hourly and live-in non-medical home care. Aides are licensed to dispense medications, and the company partners with home health agencies if required.
• Right at Home provides both home health care and non-medical care throughout Michigan, including Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, southwest Michigan, Livonia, Grand Rapids, and Flint. Companionship and personal aides can be hired for an hour or work in shifts throughout a 24-hour period, and skilled nursing services as needed.

Online Search Services

There are websites designed to help you search for care agencies quickly. Keep in mind you’ll have to provide an e-mail address and phone number so these search companies can contact you directly to supply more information and talk with you about your circumstances.

• A Place for Mom is a comprehensive website that lets you search by different communities in Michigan for in home elder care. Or, fill out a brief contact form and talk with one of the site’s eldercare advisors for free.
• ElderCarelink provides a free referral service for various elder care services. You fill out a needs assessment form online, key in the city and state, and receive a list of providers. This search service is free because providers pay to be a part of it, but ElderCarelink requires all providers meet a certain level of standards.
• Gilbert Guide offers a search service that requires you to click on a few buttons identifying needs. It also refers visitors to ElderCarelink for a more detailed assessment and recommendation. The site also has a number of articles of interest to family caregivers.

Additional Resources

If you’d like more information on assisting seniors in Michigan, visit the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging. This website offers fact sheets on topics such as home safety checklist for seniors, education for those caring for people with dementia, and addressing health fraud.

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