24 Hour Home Care VS an Assisted Living Facility in Greater Herndon, VA
Comfort Keepers offers 24 hour home care to seniors in Herndon, McLean, Reston, and surrounding areas.
Did you know that, according to the CDC, the average nursing home resident gets only 12 minutes of nursing care daily?
What if you could keep them at home? 24 hour home care provides several advantages for seniors without assistance not offered by assisted living services. Please take a look at the chart below for a summary.
Care At Home
Care At A Facility
Maintain your usual routines, like mealtimes
Mealtimes are set
Maintain privacy
Many different workers working in the facility
One-on-one care
Assisted living can assign up to 17 residents per CNA
Stay in your own home
Moving from your home can be very traumatic
Keep your pets
You can’t take your pets to assisted, skilled, or memory care facilities
Maintain your relationships, especially with your spouse
When care levels change, spouses can be separated
Maintain relationships with neighbors
Moving outside of your neighborhood can be disruptive, and it’s often difficult for your neighbors to continue to visit with you.
Stay in your familiar community.
Especially for dementia or Alzheimer’s, it can be very unsettling to move to a new community.
Families are more comfortable visiting in the family home setting
Home is more comfortable for everyone – assisted living can feel “institutional.”
Continuity of care
Same one or two caregivers every day
Visitors can stay at any time, and families can stay for the holidays
Can not host your family in your room in assisted living, skilled or memory care
Cost savings for couples
Live-in care for couples is cheaper than paying for two people in assisted living or one person at home and one person in assisted living.
The benefits of 24 hour home care strike the right balance between providing the dedicated care needed and preserving independence by allowing individuals to continue living in their homes.
If a senior needs living assistance services in your family, consider what best suits their specific needs. Often, services provided at home will provide a higher quality of life, which is impossible with the less flexible services associated with a facility.
