Living with a chronic illness, disability, memory condition, or major health change can make daily life more difficult. However, the right support may help a person remain safer and more comfortable at home.
Cuidado Casero works with patients, families, and healthcare providers to identify the appropriate type of care. Depending on the person’s needs, support may include personal care assistance, skilled home health services, respite care, or hospice care.
In addition, each care plan reflects the individual’s routines, abilities, preferences, language needs, and goals.
Care Designed Around the Individual
Talk With Our Care Team
Understanding different types of home care can be difficult. Our team can explain available services, help identify the appropriate local office, and answer general questions about eligibility, scheduling, and payment options.
Conditions We May Support
Specialized home care may be appropriate for adults living with complex or changing needs. Depending on the service ordered or selected, our team may support people living with:
A diagnosis alone does not determine which service is appropriate. Care recommendations depend on the person’s health, abilities, goals, provider orders, insurance requirements, location, and service availability.
Your Care Team May Include:
The professionals involved depend on the type of service, clinical orders, eligibility, and local availability.
Find the Right Type of Care
Home Health Care
Skilled nursing, rehabilitation therapy, and medical social services for eligible patients recovering or managing health conditions at home.
Personal Home Care
Nonmedical assistance with bathing, dressing, meals, mobility, companionship, and household routines.
Hospice Care
Comfort-focused care for eligible patients living with terminal illnesses, along with emotional and practical support for families.
Respite Care
Temporary caregiver support that allows family caregivers to rest, work, attend appointments, or manage other responsibilities.
How Care Begins
1. Contact Our Team
First, call us or request a callback. Tell us about the individual’s location, current needs, and primary concerns.
2. Discuss the Appropriate Service
Next, a team member will help determine whether personal care, home health, respite, hospice, or another service may be appropriate.
3. Review Eligibility and Availability
We will explain provider-order requirements, insurance verification, payment options, scheduling, and local service availability.
4. Create the Care Plan
Finally, if services are appropriate, the care team will help develop a plan based on the person’s needs, preferences, and goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is Specialized Home Care?
Specialized home care is a broad term for personalized support provided to someone with complex, chronic, or changing care needs. The actual service may involve nonmedical personal care, skilled home health, respite support, or hospice care.
Is Specialized Care the Same as Home Health Care?
Not always. Home health care involves skilled services from nurses, therapists, and other qualified professionals. Specialized personal care may instead focus on daily routines, mobility, meals, companionship, or supervision.
Can Specialized Care Help Someone with Dementia?
Depending on the person’s needs and local service availability, caregivers may assist with personal routines, companionship, meals, mobility, and maintaining a familiar daily schedule.
How Do We Know Which Service Is Appropriate?
A team member can review the person’s needs and explain the differences among personal care, home health, respite, and hospice. Clinical services may also require an order or evaluation from a healthcare provider.
Free Specialized Care Resources
Cuidado Casero is proud to offer the following resources for your personal use completely free of charge.
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| The_Balanced_Care_Method_Flyer.pdf | 66 KB |
| Specialized Care Information.doc | 74 KB |
| what_is_home_care_manual.zip | 96 KB |