{"id":8971,"date":"2026-01-24T23:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/louisville\/?p=8971"},"modified":"2026-01-24T23:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:33:26","slug":"how-to-decide-how-much-care-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/louisville\/blog\/how-to-decide-how-much-care-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Decide How Much Care You Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we went back to basics here on the blog, but how does one determine how much care one needs? Let&#8217;s go over some of the ways that you can do that. The number of homecare visits someone needs is very personal and dependent on multiple factors.<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-5216\" src=\"https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-300x120.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27410%27%20height%3D%27164%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20410%20164%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27410%27%20height%3D%27164%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-200x80.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-400x160.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-600x240.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-768x307.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-800x320.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-1024x410.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness-1200x480.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carebuildersathomecom.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/25230504\/hero-health-fitness.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Talk to Your Insurance Provider<\/h4>\n<p>Many people have long-term care insurance or other insurance that would cover homecare. It&#8217;s important to ask them for the steps you need to take to get homecare. Your physician may be able to help you with this process as well. A lot of the time, insurance will cover a certain amount of hours of homecare per week.<\/p>\n<h4>Talk to Your Doctor<\/h4>\n<p>Your physician may be able to recommend a number of hours of homecare, especially if the person in question has a specific condition that the physician diagnosed. They may have insight on an appropriate level of care, and of course our office is willing to talk to you as well. We know that sometimes you would want to discuss this with your trusted providers.<\/p>\n<h4>Start Small<\/h4>\n<p>You can start with a small number of weekly visits and build up over time to find the equilibrium that you are comfortable with long-term. Be aware though that some benefits may be structured in a &#8220;use it or lose it&#8221; structure. We can discuss that with you as well.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing from you all!<\/p>\n<p>Written by Brigid Coffey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we went back to basics [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[976,374,398],"class_list":["post-8971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-care","tag-carebuilders-at-home","tag-homecare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Decide How Much Care You Need - Louisville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s been a while since we went back to basics here on the blog, but how does one determine how much care one needs?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/louisville\/blog\/how-to-decide-how-much-care-you-need\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Decide How Much Care You Need - 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