Personal Care Assistants

The personal care assistants at GWS Care provide a service whereby a personal-care assistant is placed in the client’s home to offer 24-hour one-on-one personal care, companionship, and support. This service applies to those that require around-the-clock care and support to enjoy comfort in their own home.

The role of the personal-care assistant encompasses a wide range of activities, including but not limited to the following:

– Assistance with personal care and hygiene

– Medication management

– Limited mobility support

– Feeding assistance

– Companionship and emotional support

– Transportation and errands

Who Needs a Live-In Personal Care Assistant?

Personal care is mainly required for elderly people once they contract ailments that involve restricted mobility or any type of disorder that can hamper their steady performance of dayto-day activities. Even when there is no particular disease or disability, mere aging is enough to do that. Aged people require personal care to assist and support them in their maintenance activities to maintain living standards. Besides, the personal care also extends to their general companionship and also involves them in doing other things during the day since the aged family member is usually left on his or her own all day long at home.

A personal care facility is also necessary in case of an unexpected injury that results from a sudden emergency or an accident. Whatever the age, the patient may get disabled and be incapable of managing his personal needs.

Personal care is also needed for individuals who, by birth, are afflicted with illnesses such as syndromes, where the individual is mentally and sometimes physically incapable of taking care of his personal needs.

These are the people who either are at risk of social isolation, find everyday living skills quite a challenge, or need a live-in caregiver. Even though companionship care is for emotional support and socialization services primarily provided within the home environment, companions do help with many activities:. Home care becomes all the more important for those people who cannot or are not comfortable going outdoors and those who cannot afford professional therapy clinics. They get company and social interaction in the comfort of their home and a non-judgmental person to open up with. You will appreciate companionship if you have a single parent or relative that resides alone, and they keep themselves more and more away from society.

How Does Companionship Care at Home Work?

A private companion for the elderly can be available a few hours per day or a few visits a week. You can even reschedule if you need to. They are also trained to address the elderly with love, respect, and affection. They will share quality time with you, listen to you, share with you, and can also help you with light medical support chores as well. Besides this, they can give a hand to you in preparing meals, running errands like grocery shopping, managing your appointments and activities, and entertainment and socialization.

The help that is complementary in nature and extends to day-to-day tasks is not important here. What matters most is that you get a companion to keep a check on your elderly family member and help him or her get out of that deadly vicious cycle of loneliness and depression. Especially when you cannot manage this extra time for them, you can rely on GWS services.

Reach out to us today on 1800-309-8184 for a no-obligation, free consultation.