Specialty Care Options
Learn more about our Hospice and Dementia services in Lancaster and York, PA.
In Home Dementia Care In Lancaster and York
As one of our specialty service areas, By Your Side refers in-home dementia support caregivers throughout York and Lancaster PA. Dementia caregivers have hands-on experience offering non-medical dementia care for a variety of seniors in Lancaster and York County Pa .
Taking care of a loved one who has dementia can be overwhelming and challenging, and that’s why many families want to partner with a local agency that provides in-home care for dementia patients. People diagnosed with memory care illnesses often require supervision and assistance with necessary household activities. While you’re more than glad to provide the assistance your loved one needs, you can’t do it all on your own.
Dementia caregivers work on a flexible schedule tailored to your needs to offer the supplemental support that makes your life easier – and that makes your loved one more comfortable.
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What Do Dementia Home Care Providers Do?
Since dementia and other memory illnesses can take a toll on someone’s mental faculties in a variety of ways, dementia caregivers perform an equally wide variety of duties. Essentially, anything that helps your loved one feel comfortable and maintain a household, dementia home care aides can handle it. Some of the challenges the caregivers address are specific to dementia and other memory illnesses, while others are simply associated with aging in general.
The duties dementia caregivers provide include, but are not limited to:
Medication assistance
Monitoring their safety throughout the day
Bathing
Dressing
Bathroom assistance
Transportation
Companionship
Cooking & preparing meals
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While our caregivers are not medical professionals, they are able to provide a variety of other activities that improve health, wellness, and quality of life for Alzheimer’s patients. In addition, our caregivers can even accompany your loved ones to their medical appointments to help understand the doctor’s instructions.
Nursing Home Or In-Home Care For Dementia Patients
One of the biggest decisions that comes along with aging is if one should move into a facility or continue to live at home. A diagnosis of dementia or other memory illnesses only complicates this question.
While the nursing home environment can be beneficial for some, that is not the case for every circumstance and situation. There are some downsides to nursing homes that can make people apprehensive—whether or not dementia is a factor. In contrast, recent studies show that persons diagnosed with dementia-related illnesses maintain their abilities longer in familiar, safe surroundings.
Aging at home after being diagnosed with a memory illness is possible – but it can require some additional assistance.
Having the one-on-one care from an experienced dementia home care aide can help make their time safer and more comfortable. Caregivers can provide support on an hourly, overnight, or live-in basis arranged around the family’s specific needs. Our goal is to work with families and provide highly-qualified caregivers that will make it possible to allow their loved ones to remain at home.
Start A Conversation With The York and Lancaster, PA Dementia Care Agency
Whether you are ready to set-up a consultation with one of our providers of in-home care for dementia patients, or you are simply gathering information, By Your Side is here to help. We have decades of experience with elder care and dementia home care in particular. Caregivers perform the tasks and services that keep your loved one safe and comfortable at home. In addition to helping people diagnosed with dementia and other memory care illnesses, we also make things easier on the family by providing them much-needed extra support.
Contact us today to start the conversation.
Home Hospice Care In Lancaster and York Pa.
By Your Side Home Care is experienced at providing much needed home hospice care support that Lancaster and York residents depend on. In-home care givers assist the hospice nurses and doctors by performing the supplemental, non-medical care that keeps your loved ones comfortable in their own homes.
In fact, for over twenty years, By Your Side Home Care has partnered with local Hospice Care companies in Lancaster and York PA, to guarantee that clients receive all of the care they need. Even though our hospice and community care services are strictly non-medical, this collaboration with hospices is one of the many benefits of hiring us for our services.
Just like the medical professionals and the families, hospice support caregivers work tirelessly to ensure that your loved one feels completely comfortable and supported. We have earned the appreciation of many hospice care companies throughout Lancaster and York, and they often recommend our services as a supplemental component to their own.
Contact us to start the conversation about in-home hospice support care from By Your Side.
What Home Hospice Care Aides Do
While caregivers are unable to assist with any medical duties, they are a resource for keeping your loved one comfortable, ensuring they take their medication, assisting with personal care, and maintaining a comfortable household. When a person is receiving hospice care at home, it is because they have chosen to live their finals days in the place they find most pleasing and familiar. Doing everything possible to make those days as pain-free and comfortable is the mission of the entire hospice staff. Hospice home care aides also follow that mission, with experience providing care and necessary support to someone in their time of greatest need.
As is the case with traditional in-home care aides, home hospice care aides perform a wide variety of tasks, including:
Bathroom assistance
Repositioning
Preparing nutritious meals
Bathing
Medication reminders
Transportation to appointments
Running errands
Dressing
Overnight care
Companionship & conversation
Since hospice doctors’ and nurses’ time can be somewhat limited, these tasks can be especially beneficial to you and your loved one. Doing everything possible to keep your loved one well-attended and their home orderly can be a comfort during the end-of-life stages.
Why Supplemental Hospice Care At Home Is Important
The hospice care team is comprised of doctors, nurses, social workers, and even chaplains. While all of these people are extremely sensitive and skilled, their time is split between your loved one and many other patients as well.
As much as they would like to provide the small but important help around the home, they are likely not able to. Having another trusted professional to provide those supplemental services can be a massive relief to your loved one, to the hospice staff, and to you and the rest of your family.
We have heard from many families that the referred caregivers made a tremendous impact on them and their loved one’s final days. At By Your Side Care, this is a responsibility we take very seriously, and we are grateful for the opportunity to serve your family.
But don’t just take our word for it, read over what a few of our clients say about our services!
Contact The Hospice and Community Care Team In Lancaster, Pa
By Your Side has a large roster of skilled caregivers prepared to give the type of support your loved one needs. If your loved one has just entered hospice treatment, contact us to learn more about our services and schedule with a hospice care professional as soon as possible.
If you’re simply looking for more information, feel free to contact us and learn about the cost of in-home care.