IncrediCare provides a range of home care services that can be combined in one individualized plan.
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Home Care
Dementia home care provides support for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive impairment while helping family caregivers carry less of the responsibility alone.
Depending on the care plan, support may include:
- A consistent daily routine
- Safety monitoring and supervision
- Calm cueing and redirection
- Medication reminders
- Help with bathing, dressing, toileting, and meals
- Meaningful activities based on the person’s interests and abilities
- Companionship and reassurance
- Support during periods of confusion, agitation, or sundowning
- Respite for a spouse or family caregiver
IncrediCare is Dementia Live® Certified. Its training is designed to help care assistants better understand the sensory and cognitive changes a person with dementia may experience, improving empathy, communication, and day-to-day support.
Families often begin considering dementia care after noticing concerns such as missed medications, wandering, leaving appliances on, changes in hygiene, poor nutrition, nighttime wakefulness, repeated calls, or increasing caregiver exhaustion. Care does not have to begin at the highest level. It can start with the times of day that are most difficult and expand as needs change.
24-Hour Home Care
24-hour home care may be appropriate when a person cannot be safely left alone or needs assistance at unpredictable times throughout the day and night. Around-the-clock care can provide families with the reassurance that a trained care assistant is present when help is needed.
Care may include:
- Daytime and overnight supervision
- Help with toileting and incontinence care
- Mobility, repositioning, and transfer assistance
- Support for nighttime waking or confusion
- Meal preparation and feeding assistance
- Medication reminders
- Personal care and grooming
- Companionship and reassurance
- Light housekeeping related to the client’s care
Twenty-four-hour care can be especially helpful for people with advanced dementia, significant fall risk, limited mobility, or a spouse who can no longer safely manage care alone. The recommended schedule and caregiver arrangement are determined after an assessment of the person’s needs and home environment.
Personal Care at Home
Personal care helps with private, hands-on activities that may have become difficult because of age, illness, disability, weakness, or recovery from a medical event.
Personal care may include:
- Bathing or showering assistance
- Dressing and grooming
- Toileting and incontinence support
- Mobility and walking assistance
- Help transferring between a bed, chair, or wheelchair
- Meal preparation and feeding assistance
- Medication reminders
- Turning and repositioning
These tasks are provided with respect for the client’s comfort, choices, privacy, and established routines. The goal is not to take over unnecessarily; it is to provide the right amount of help so the person can continue doing as much as safely possible.
Companion Care at Home
Companion care is designed for older adults who may be physically independent in many ways but would benefit from regular company, practical assistance, and a dependable presence.
Companion care may include:
- Conversation and social engagement
- Reading, games, walks, hobbies, and meaningful activities
- Meal planning and preparation
- Light housekeeping and laundry
- Grocery shopping and errands
- Transportation to appointments and activities
- Medication reminders
- Accompaniment to follow-up visits
- Respite for family caregivers
Regular companionship can be especially valuable for an older adult who lives alone, has stopped driving, is becoming isolated, or needs encouragement to eat well and remain engaged.
Support After a Hospital or Rehabilitation Stay
The first days at home after a hospital, rehabilitation, or skilled nursing stay can be demanding. New mobility limitations, fatigue, medication schedules, follow-up appointments, and personal care needs can quickly become too much for one family member to manage.
IncrediCare can develop a home care plan to support the transition home. Depending on the person’s needs, a care assistant may help with personal care, safe movement through the home, meals, hydration, medication reminders, light housekeeping, transportation, and following the non-clinical portions of the discharge routine. IncrediCare’s clinical and office staff provide communication and oversight as the plan develops.
If a discharge is approaching, call (703) 272-8838 as early as possible to discuss the assessment, timing, and caregiver availability. Learn more about IncrediCare’s home care process.
Additional In-Home Support
An individualized plan may also include:
- Respite care for family caregivers
- Safety monitoring and fall-risk supervision
- Help with walking and transfers
- Meal preparation and hydration support
- Medication reminders
- Transportation and errands
- Light housekeeping and laundry
- Support for people living with Parkinson’s disease, stroke-related challenges, diabetes, COPD, ALS, cancer, and other chronic or neurological conditions
Explore all IncrediCare home care services or call to ask which type of care may fit your family’s situation.
