{"id":323,"date":"2016-09-30T20:04:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carebuilderspgh.com\/?p=323"},"modified":"2016-09-30T20:04:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:04:53","slug":"what-is-home-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carebuildersathome.com\/pittsburgh\/blog\/what-is-home-care\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Home Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Private-pay home care has emerged as an innovative solution to fill the gaps created by traditional care models, including hospitals, nursing homes, and social services like home health, which are spread too thin to meet the growing demand for quality care.<\/p>\n<p>Home care helps seniors maintain healthy and active lifestyles for as long as possible in the comfort of their own homes. While caregivers are not typically medically certified, they receive professional training to enable them to assist in daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, meal preparation, eating, transportation, running errands, and light housework.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, caregivers provide companionship and mental stimulation by engaging their clients in conversation and other activities. Further, as an additional set of \u201ceyes and ears\u201d for families, home care professionals help to ensure seniors\u2019 safety by recognizing and alerting their family members to potential signs of declining health and dangerous falls.<\/p>\n<p>Check next week when we will explain THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOME CARE AND HOME HEALTH CARE.<\/p>\n<p>Referenced from Caring for America\u2019s Seniors: The Value of Home Care (Home Care Association of America \u2013 Global Coalition on Aging) 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private-pay home care has emerged as an innovative solution to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Home Care? 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