Increase Quality Time with Your Loved One with In-home Care

Choosing in-home care can have real advantages over a nursing home or assisted living. Studies point to a better quality of life, and care at home is often more affordable. People also tend to recover better, and feel better, when they are cared for at home.

The benefit families talk about most is time — time with the person, at a point when time matters.

Meals, medication, and personal hygiene take a lot out of an adult child. The relationship can tilt. Conversations become about bathing and dinner instead of memory and company. A caregiver in the house lets you stay the son or daughter, not become the aide. You can talk about what you used to talk about.

Hiring a licensed agency, rather than one person on their own, adds a few protections:

• Background checks at hire, and Florida’s ongoing alerts if a disqualifying charge appears later
• Trained caregivers for a range of services
• A license, workers’ compensation, and professional liability insurance
• A backup when the regular caregiver is sick
• Someone reachable whenever care is being provided
• Payroll and withholdings handled, so you do not have to treat the caregiver as a household employee

If someone you love needs extra care, we hope you will consider Home by Choice. We are a locally owned private home care agency in Gainesville, and a Gainesville Sun Readers’ Choice winner for home care.