Plain-language guides for families setting up in-home care in Texas.
Falls are the number-one reason the families we serve first call us – usually the week after one happens. Most falls at home are preventable, and most prevention is unglamorous: lighting, footwear, clutter, and honesty about what has gotten harder. Here is the guide we walk through with families. Room by room Bathroom (where most…
The 48 hours around a hospital discharge are when families make their biggest care decisions with the least information. This checklist is what we wish every family had before the discharge papers are signed. Before discharge: ask the case manager these questions What exactly is being ordered for home? (Skilled nursing visits? Therapy? Equipment?) Get…
“Home care” is an umbrella over very different services – and knowing which type your family needs determines who provides it and who pays for it. Here is every major type of in-home care available in Texas, in plain language. Personal assistance services (PAS) / attendant care The workhorse of in-home care: help with bathing,…
“KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE HOME HEALTH CARE VS. HOME CARE” The terms commonly known as “home care” and “home health care” are often perceived as being the same service. However; these two care types though similar, but are in fact not the same. Individuals may refer to these care type as home health care services, senior…