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About Austin, TX Senior Home Care

There are many Austin, Texas senior home care companies providing services that a person with special needs stay in their home. It might be for people who are getting older, are chronically ill, recovering from surgery or disabled. Austin senior home care

Home care typically refers to non-medical services that assist individuals with activities of daily living. Home care is an increasingly popular choice for care because it enables individuals to remain in their own environments, and can also be a lifesaver for caregivers.

Austin senior home care companies provide a variety of services, including:

  • Homemaker Services - Cooking, light cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, and other household chores
  • Personal Care - Assistance with a variety of daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, toilet use, grooming and eating, transferring from bed to chair
  • Companionship - From daily telephone calls from a "buddy," to a daily "friendly" visitor, to round-the-clock paid companions. Bathing, dressing, hair washing, etc. (ADL's)
  • Incidential local transportation  to doctor appointments
  • Meal planning and preparation
  • Medication reminders
  • Sitter services
  • Grocery shopping / Errands
  • Respite relief for family caregivers
  • Pet care and so much more.

Austin home care companies often provide their services within the following:

  • Personal residence
  • Hospitals
  • Retirement homes
  • Assisted living facilities
  • Nursing homes

Austin home care companies are licensed and many are now bonded, insured and perform triple back-ground checks (references & criminal) on all their caregivers. Be sure to ask about this.

 

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