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As you age and your medical needs increase, you can move into a nursing home or assisted living home. Another alternative is to stay in your own home and utilize live-in caregivers to assist with your medical and personal needs.
Type #1: Overnight Caregiver
The caregiver generally provides you with assistance in the evening hours. Then, the caregiver is available to provide service if needed during the night. The caregiver may be able to sleep during the night as well but will be expected to wake up and provide care during the evening if it is needed.
Many overnight caregivers will also assist in the morning when you wake up.
An overnight caregiver can also be someone who lives in the home and is available if needed in the evening time. They may act as an on-call evening caregiver. This is often used as a safety measure with the expectation that their help generally will not be required during the evening.
Type #2: 24-Hour Caregiver
With a 24-hour caregiving system, you will generally have around two to three caregivers who provide you with assistance around the clock. Each caregiver may work an 8 to 10-hour shift.
With 24-hour caregiving, generally, sleeping is not allowed during one's shift. The caregiver is always expected to be alert and ready to aid. This type of caregiving is most common when someone has extremely high medical needs that require around the clock care. This type of care is also common in end of life caregiving situations. With 24-hour caregiving, someone is always alert and monitoring your care.
Type #3: Live-in Caregiver
With a live-in caregiving situation, you will have one primary caregiver who generally works four to five days a week with a live-in caregiver. You may also have a part-time caregiver who works two to three days a week in order to give your primary caregiver time off.
With a living caregiver, they will provide 24-hour care. They will have a bedroom where they sleep during the night. During the evening, they are there if needed, although their presence during the evening hours is more of a safety precaution. They will also get a break during the day. During their break, another caregiver may come to take care of you for a few hours, or a family member could step in and provide care, depending on your needs.
If you want to age in place, you may want to consider some live-in caregiver. The type of caregiving arrangement you need will depend upon your medical and personal needs and budget.
Contact a local home care health facility to learn more about live-in care and other forms of caregiving.
Share18 December 2020
