What Is In-Home Care?
In-Home Care is a supportive, customized solution that brings professional, compassionate assistance right to your loved one’s residence. It is designed to help seniors and individuals with health challenges maintain their independence, dignity, and personal routines while safely staying in the familiar, comforting environment of their home. We provide reliable support that empowers you, the family, to focus less on the stress of caregiving and more on simply being family.
Those that benefit from our in-home care services
Our personalized care is ideal for individuals who wish to age in place but require daily assistance or specialized attention. This includes seniors and those:
- Recovering at home after a hospital stay or surgery.
- Managing chronic conditions like diabetes, Parkinson’s, or heart disease.
- Living with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia.
- Facing mobility challenges or needing help with everyday tasks.
- Needing consistent, compassionate support during end-of-life care.
Our personalized in-home care services
Our Certified Home Health Aides are skilled professionals who provide a wide range of support, from daily companionship to specialized personal care. Every service plan is tailored to your loved one’s unique needs, evolving as their requirements change.
We provide support with both essential daily tasks and enriching quality-of-life activities:
- Personal Care (Activities of Daily Living): Assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, and transferring.
- Companionship & Engagement: Meaningful conversation, monitoring safety, encouraging hobbies, and light exercise.
- Meal Preparation & Nutrition: Planning, shopping for, and preparing healthy meals to meet dietary requirements.
- Medication Management: Reminders to take medications correctly and on schedule.
- Light Housekeeping & Organization: Maintaining a clean and safe home environment (laundry, tidying, washing dishes).
- Transportation & Errands: Assisting with doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping, and community outings.
- Specialized Dementia Care: Implementing strategies tailored for cognitive impairment to ensure safety and comfort.
- Respite Care: Providing planned or emergency relief for family caregivers, giving you a well-deserved rest.
Understanding activities of daily living (ADLs)
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are the fundamental self-care tasks essential for personal well-being and maintaining independence. When a loved one struggles with even a few of these tasks, it is a key indicator that professional in-home care is needed.
The core ADLs we assist with include:
- Bathing & Hygiene - Safely showering, bathing, or performing bed baths, as well as grooming (hair and teeth).
- Dressing - Selecting appropriate clothing and physically putting on and taking off garments.
- Toileting & Continence - Getting to and from the restroom, using it appropriately, and managing continence care.
- Transferring/Mobility - Moving safely from a bed to a chair, getting up from a seated position, and ambulating (walking).
- Feeding - The ability to get food from the plate to the mouth, chew, and swallow.
At Brightside, our priority is always to assist, not take over. Our goal is to promote independence in these areas while ensuring safety and honoring your loved one’s dignity every step of the way.
