| Our
Staff |
| The
staff at Competent Home Care Services has been fully screened,
and all references were checked prior to their ever setting
foot in your home. |
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| Our
staff consists primarily of three types of caregivers:
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| Home
Health Aides: |
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Home
Health Aides are qualified and trained mainly to
provide care for the elderly or disabled in the
comfort of the patient's own home. Their duties
consist mainly of light housekeeping, meal preparation,
personal grooming, and assistance in moving about.
They know that if a problem should arise, their
first call is to 911, and their second call is to
the Competent Home Care Services office.
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| Nurse's
Aides: |
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A
Nurse's Aide can provide all the same services of
a Home Health Aide, plus they have the benefit of
some specific medical training. They can care for
a patient in a private home, nursing home, or hospital.
Nurse's Aides can remind a patient to take medication
and understand how to read Doctor's prescriptions
for treatment. In the event of an emergency, they
will also call both 911 and the Competent Home Care
Services office. |
| 24-Hour
Care: |
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This
is exactly what the name implies. It usually consists
of three 8-hour shifts staffed by a different caregiver,
and is recommended only when constant monitoring
of the patient is required. Your physician will
let you know if this level of care is needed |
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| Live-In
Care: |
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A
live-in could be either an H.H.A. or Nurse's Aide
that stays in the patient's home 24 hours a day,
7 days per week. The patient or family will provide
suitable accommodations for the live-in, such as
a bed and personal area for the caregiver. Typically,
caregivers are allotted 8 hours sleep time and at
least 2 hours personal time during the day.
Live-ins
will provide meal preparation, assistance with
personal care and dressing, light housekeeping,
changing linens, doing laundry, accompany patient
to and from appointments and family functions,
assistance with scheduling appointments, and much
more.
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