When your loved one suffers from dementia, you may struggle to decide what will be best for their needs. You can consider senior home health care, which is where you have health care specialists care for your loved one in their own home. You can also consider caregiver services in a facility where their dementia needs are met in a special facility. It's up to your loved one in the end as to whether they can stay at home with dementia and get the care they need or if they will have to receive more care.

Can senior home health care work for your loved one? Use this guide to assist you and help you find out what will work best.

What other issues your loved one has

Does your loved one have other issues or conditions, in addition to dementia, they need help with? They may need more care than a senior home health care aide can provide alone, or they may need round-the-clock caregiver services at home that insurance may not cover. If your loved one has dementia but no other health concerns and has been largely cooperative up until this point, then having senior home health care specialists check on them throughout the day may be all they need.

How aware your loved one is

Dementia is unfortunately a progressive disease that can show a bit of stabilization with cognitive therapies and work with a memory specialist. For the most part, your loved one with dementia will likely worsen with time, but how rapidly they decline and other important factors will depend on many things. Their living situation and what kinds of stresses they encounter are just some of them, and your loved one may be for the most part aware of what's happening around them.

If your loved one is relatively aware of their surroundings, they may be able to live at home with senior home health care. However, if they are declining to the point where they may be a danger to themselves or others or if they cannot care for themselves at all, they will benefit from more extensive caregiver services.

Senior home health care is designed to help your loved one live at home as long as possible. The care they receive can vary almost by the day, depending on what they need and other factors. If you're concerned about your loved one's living situation, call for emergency care right away and make caregiver decisions based on a doctor's findings.

For more information, contact a senior home health care service near you. 

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