Working with Family Caregivers to Maximize Homecare
Cooperation between agencies and family members can make homecare easier for all Family caregivers can be an important part of an effective home health agency’s care plans for any homebound patient. Considering their needs, training, and capacity when you are working with a family member in taking care of a patient, can go a long way to successful outcomes. In this blog, we will provide the top tips to help family members help you, in caring for your home health patients. When you are receiving an inquiry call from a family member of someone needing care, you are likely talking to a central figure in the family who has taken on the most responsibility as their current primary caregiver. Based on AARP statistics there are more than 53 million caregivers providing unpaid and often untrained care to a loved one in the United States. As a professional agency with qualified nurses and caregivers (or sometimes trained home health aides, they are relying on you to help close the gap. The