Budgeting for In-Home Care

From the Right at Home website.

Mom isn’t ready for assisted living. She wants to stay in her own home. Yet, the need for help with the activities of daily living, such as housekeeping, meal preparation and shopping, is becoming more clear by the week. It may be time to consider in-home care to preserve her independence and physical health.

Here are some of the benefits that in-home care can offer:

* Senior home care services preserve seniors’ self-sufficiency, social connections, and the activities in the community that have sustained them emotionally as well as physically.

* It can be more cost effective to use in-home care than to move and pay monthly assisted living fees.

* Staying in the home by using senior home care services promotes the highest level of functioning and health among familiar and comforting surroundings.

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