I am contemplating hiring a nurse to do a home safety evaluation/visit, help with medical care coordination with the many different providers my mother has, and also reconcile her medications and fill a med planner weekly. Has anyone used this type of service? This is not Home Care as they do not provide any kind of clinical care. It is also a cash pay service. However, if she needs Home Care, therapy, or any other services, they can help coordinate, get insurance, approvals, and find local service providers.Please provide feedback on whether it was worth it, also the pros and cons. Thank you so much!
Where will your paper trail be if only cash is being exchanged? It seems a bit fishy to me. I'm just saying.
Please be careful.
funkygrandma says red flag...
I agree.. if that is actually the way it sounds.. Cash is the only form of payment..no trails, no receipts?
Ask about palliative care and hospice care. Hospice care may have a social worker to help guide you in the right direction.
Thank you for taking the time to respond and keeping me safe. Also, no need for hospice as the service is just trying to keep my mom living independently as I am not local to her. She still drives and gets around, she just has trouble hearing what the doctor tells her to do and following through with medication’s and recommendations.
Many older people end up with “many different providers”, and it makes a lot of sense to cut down the conflicting advice and multiple appointments. Will this service do that for you? Or what will it cost, and what will you get for the money?
Their nurse came to check on my parents when I was traveling once, and later when my dad was in hospice, they found a male home health aide for my dad. Both of these people seemed great to me but my parents ended up telling them not to come back (“we don’t need help.”)
I agree with Geaton’s advice. Just because one of these companies is good or bad doesn’t mean they all are.
Dad has most recently been in rehab at a SNF and she visits him there (and I am present as well), prompts me to ask appropriate questions that I might not of thought of and watch for things I would be unaware of, and is a tremendous support during health issues (in terms of advising me).
I know they offer more involved services for people who do kit have local support, like taking them to doctors appointments and taking notes during the appointment and even asking questions, I’ve known them to take some clients shopping, etc.