Frequently Asked Questions

Care Partners At Home provides companionship services such as meal preparation, laundry, light housekeeping, grocery shopping/errands, incidental transportation, medication reminders, grooming, live-in service and respite care. We also provide personal care services such as bathing, grooming, and hygiene, mobility assistance, transferring and positioning, toileting and incontinence and feeding/special diet assistance.

Each Personal Attendant, special people we call Care Partners, is an employee who is carefully screened and trained before caring for a client. Each must undergo a rigorous process including national and local criminal background checks, DMV, and personal and professional reference checks. All Care Partners are bonded, insured, and covered by Workers’ Compensation insurance for our clients’ peace-of-mind. We strive to hire the very best Personal Attendants to become Care Partners At Home associates, because we only hire people we would want caring for a member of our own family.

Yes. Services are available for as little as a FOUR hour visit up to 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including opportunities for live-in personal attendants.

If you hire privately, you become the employer of the Personal Attendant. The following are just a few of the things you must take into consideration when hiring privately.

• Once you hire a Personal Attendant privately, you are responsible for all state and federal payroll taxes.
• You must obtain Workers Compensation Insurance or make sure your private Personal Attendant comes with insurance. If not, you could be responsible for any injuries claimed to have happened while working at your home. How will you pay for any claims of disability if they are filed against you?
• What happens if the private person doesn’t show up for work? Are you prepared to stay home and take care of your loved one? If the care is for you, are you prepared to be left alone without care if the Personal Attendant does not show up?
• Are you capable of running a comprehensive, national criminal background check?
• Is the private Personal Attendant bonded or insured against theft?
• Who will supervise him/her?

These are only some of the challenges to hiring privately. When hiring Care Partners At Home, we eliminate these worries so your focus can be on your loved one.

• The best in-home care agencies respond immediately to your home care needs.
• They should have someone available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• They should guarantee that services will always be provided.
• Their employees should be bonded or insured against theft.
• The attendants should be company employees, not contract employees. They should screen their employees and have national criminal background checks run on each of them.
• No one should ever show up at your home without an introduction and agency identification.
• They should provide periodic visits to your home in order to check on their employee and to make sure that you are happy with the services you’re receiving.

Senior Placement is a completely free service—start to finish provided by the Care Partners Placement team.

The costs associated with assisted living can vary but are, ultimately, based upon the type and features of the apartment and the amount of services needed by a specific resident. At Living Care Lifestyles, our monthly fees cover rent, our Signature Dining service, utilities, housekeeping, personal care and many other services and amenities. There may be additional charges for items such as transportation, guest meals, personal laundry, etc

No, every community is unique, made up by the residents and quality staff. We take the stance that if our mother needed care, no question, Living Care Lifestyles is where she would go. At Living Care Lifestyles, our Residential Care Facility for the Elderly provides both care and supervision to its residents with love and compassion. This includes help with activities of day-to-day living, observation, reassessment, and when appropriate, postural supports. Our state-of-the-art facility provides a safe and secure environment for our residents

Most residents and families pay for Assisted Living with income from social security and pensions coupled with the use of savings, including the proceeds from selling a home. Long Term Care Insurance is more and more widely used to offset the cost of Assisted Living. Some consumers convert life insurance policies to a loan, and others have family members who help pay a share of the monthly cost. It’s important to note that Medicare, other health insurance plans, and HMOs will not typically cover assisted living services. There is a specific program for veterans that may be an option called the Veterans’ Aid and Attendance Benefit. If your resources are limited, it’s worth checking out Financial assistance programs to see what options are available. Because the vast majority of residents pay privately and every Assisted Living community is different, you are encouraged to speak with someone at our Quail Park community to learn more about the payment options the specific residence accepts.

Yes. While it depends upon the facility or community, most accommodate furnishings and decorations as long as they fit and don’t create safety issues.

Geriatric Care Managers help reduce family burdens, facilitate communication and assist with finding cost effective services. A Care Manager gives personalized compassionate advice, advocating for the individuals wants and needs. GCM’s are experts in dealing with continually changing challenges and the aging process. They also assist with medical oversight, addressing social and psychosocial needs, family communications and providing ongoing resources and education and needed.

It is normal for the older adult to experience increased forgetfulness. This is a normal process of aging. The following are indications that further evaluation by a professional are to be considered:

• Loss of several hours
• Unable to balance a checkbook
• Finding misplaced items in inappropriate locations (such as finding missing keys in the refrigerator)
• Difficulty performing everyday tasks
• Car accidents
• Unable to recognize familiar faces
• Difficulty remembering time and place or new faces
• Getting lost in familiar surroundings
• Increased forgetfulness
• Asks questions repeatedly
• Change in personality